diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index d17c7d57d0d856..363ec81895612e 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static inline bool ksm_test_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
 /*
  * We use break_ksm to break COW on a ksm page: it's a stripped down
  *
- *	if (get_user_pages(addr, 1, 1, 1, &page, NULL) == 1)
+ *	if (get_user_pages(addr, 1, FOLL_WRITE, &page, NULL) == 1)
  *		put_page(page);
  *
  * but taking great care only to touch a ksm page, in a VM_MERGEABLE vma,