diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
index e33f06bb66eb..fb8093577245 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
@@ -638,6 +638,9 @@ int drm_gem_shmem_mmap(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem, struct vm_area_struct
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	if (is_cow_mapping(vma->vm_flags))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ret = drm_gem_shmem_get_pages(shmem);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;