diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/odp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/odp.c
index a524181f34df..3a4605fda6d5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/odp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/odp.c
@@ -733,24 +733,31 @@ static int pagefault_dmabuf_mr(struct mlx5_ib_mr *mr, size_t bcnt,
  *  >0: Number of pages mapped
  */
 static int pagefault_mr(struct mlx5_ib_mr *mr, u64 io_virt, size_t bcnt,
-			u32 *bytes_mapped, u32 flags)
+			u32 *bytes_mapped, u32 flags, bool permissive_fault)
 {
 	struct ib_umem_odp *odp = to_ib_umem_odp(mr->umem);
 
-	if (unlikely(io_virt < mr->ibmr.iova))
+	if (unlikely(io_virt < mr->ibmr.iova) && !permissive_fault)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	if (mr->umem->is_dmabuf)
 		return pagefault_dmabuf_mr(mr, bcnt, bytes_mapped, flags);
 
 	if (!odp->is_implicit_odp) {
+		u64 offset = io_virt < mr->ibmr.iova ? 0 : io_virt - mr->ibmr.iova;
 		u64 user_va;
 
-		if (check_add_overflow(io_virt - mr->ibmr.iova,
-				       (u64)odp->umem.address, &user_va))
+		if (check_add_overflow(offset, (u64)odp->umem.address,
+				       &user_va))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		if (unlikely(user_va >= ib_umem_end(odp) ||
-			     ib_umem_end(odp) - user_va < bcnt))
+
+		if (permissive_fault) {
+			if (user_va < ib_umem_start(odp))
+				user_va = ib_umem_start(odp);
+			if ((user_va + bcnt) > ib_umem_end(odp))
+				bcnt = ib_umem_end(odp) - user_va;
+		} else if (unlikely(user_va >= ib_umem_end(odp) ||
+				    ib_umem_end(odp) - user_va < bcnt))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		return pagefault_real_mr(mr, odp, user_va, bcnt, bytes_mapped,
 					 flags);
@@ -857,7 +864,7 @@ next_mr:
 	case MLX5_MKEY_MR:
 		mr = container_of(mmkey, struct mlx5_ib_mr, mmkey);
 
-		ret = pagefault_mr(mr, io_virt, bcnt, bytes_mapped, 0);
+		ret = pagefault_mr(mr, io_virt, bcnt, bytes_mapped, 0, false);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto end;
 
@@ -1710,7 +1717,7 @@ static void mlx5_ib_prefetch_mr_work(struct work_struct *w)
 	for (i = 0; i < work->num_sge; ++i) {
 		ret = pagefault_mr(work->frags[i].mr, work->frags[i].io_virt,
 				   work->frags[i].length, &bytes_mapped,
-				   work->pf_flags);
+				   work->pf_flags, false);
 		if (ret <= 0)
 			continue;
 		mlx5_update_odp_stats(work->frags[i].mr, prefetch, ret);
@@ -1761,7 +1768,7 @@ static int mlx5_ib_prefetch_sg_list(struct ib_pd *pd,
 		if (IS_ERR(mr))
 			return PTR_ERR(mr);
 		ret = pagefault_mr(mr, sg_list[i].addr, sg_list[i].length,
-				   &bytes_mapped, pf_flags);
+				   &bytes_mapped, pf_flags, false);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlx5r_deref_odp_mkey(&mr->mmkey);
 			return ret;