diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c b/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c
index 1571cdcb0c50..753b006c8ea5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ int memcpy_real(void *dest, unsigned long src, size_t count)
 
 	kvec.iov_base = dest;
 	kvec.iov_len = count;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, WRITE, &kvec, 1, count);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, READ, &kvec, 1, count);
 	if (memcpy_real_iter(&iter, src, count) < count)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	return 0;