diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/linux/vm.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/linux/vm.h
index b807d87e3..9587bbb20 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/linux/vm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/linux/vm.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2019, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2020, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ int nvgpu_vm_map_linux(struct vm_gk20a *vm,
 		       u32 page_size,
 		       s16 compr_kind,
 		       s16 incompr_kind,
-		       enum gk20a_mem_rw_flag rw_flag,
 		       u64 buffer_offset,
 		       u64 mapping_size,
 		       struct vm_gk20a_mapping_batch *mapping_batch,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/vm.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/vm.h
index 7fd9d3cbe..d5c13f6b7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/vm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/vm.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2019, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2020, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ struct vm_gk20a {
 #define NVGPU_VM_MAP_DIRECT_KIND_CTRL			BIT32(4)
 #define NVGPU_VM_MAP_L3_ALLOC				BIT32(5)
 #define NVGPU_VM_MAP_PLATFORM_ATOMIC			BIT32(6)
+#define NVGPU_VM_MAP_ACCESS_NO_WRITE			BIT32(7)
 
 #define NVGPU_KIND_INVALID				S16(-1)
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/cde.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/cde.c
index 40d9904fc..db0363284 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/cde.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/cde.c
@@ -1111,7 +1111,6 @@ __releases(&l->cde_app->mutex)
 							     map_size),
 				 NV_KIND_INVALID,
 				 compbits_kind, /* incompressible kind */
-				 gk20a_mem_flag_none,
 				 map_offset, map_size,
 				 NULL,
 				 &map_vaddr);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/vm.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/vm.c
index 830b40f64..4e96ca869 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/vm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/vm.c
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ static u32 nvgpu_vm_translate_linux_flags(struct gk20a *g, u32 flags)
 		core_flags |= NVGPU_VM_MAP_DIRECT_KIND_CTRL;
 	if (flags & NVGPU_AS_MAP_BUFFER_FLAGS_PLATFORM_ATOMIC)
 		core_flags |= NVGPU_VM_MAP_PLATFORM_ATOMIC;
+	if (flags & NVGPU_AS_MAP_BUFFER_FLAGS_ACCESS_NO_WRITE)
+		core_flags |= NVGPU_VM_MAP_ACCESS_NO_WRITE;
 
 	if (flags & NVGPU_AS_MAP_BUFFER_FLAGS_MAPPABLE_COMPBITS)
 		nvgpu_warn(g, "Ignoring deprecated flag: "
@@ -188,12 +190,12 @@ int nvgpu_vm_map_linux(struct vm_gk20a *vm,
 		       u32 page_size,
 		       s16 compr_kind,
 		       s16 incompr_kind,
-		       enum gk20a_mem_rw_flag rw_flag,
 		       u64 buffer_offset,
 		       u64 mapping_size,
 		       struct vm_gk20a_mapping_batch *batch,
 		       u64 *gpu_va)
 {
+	enum gk20a_mem_rw_flag rw_flag = gk20a_mem_flag_none;
 	struct gk20a *g = gk20a_from_vm(vm);
 	struct device *dev = dev_from_gk20a(g);
 	struct nvgpu_os_buffer os_buf;
@@ -223,6 +225,10 @@ int nvgpu_vm_map_linux(struct vm_gk20a *vm,
 		goto clean_up;
 	}
 
+	if (flags & NVGPU_VM_MAP_ACCESS_NO_WRITE) {
+		rw_flag = gk20a_mem_flag_read_only;
+	}
+
 	err = nvgpu_vm_map(vm,
 			   &os_buf,
 			   nvgpu_sgt,
@@ -328,7 +334,6 @@ int nvgpu_vm_map_buffer(struct vm_gk20a *vm,
 				 nvgpu_vm_translate_linux_flags(g, flags),
 				 page_size,
 				 compr_kind, incompr_kind,
-				 gk20a_mem_flag_none,
 				 buffer_offset,
 				 mapping_size,
 				 batch,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nvgpu.h b/include/uapi/linux/nvgpu.h
index 0bbebe972..16ee496eb 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nvgpu.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nvgpu.h
@@ -1918,6 +1918,7 @@ struct nvgpu_as_bind_channel_args {
 #define NVGPU_AS_MAP_BUFFER_FLAGS_L3_ALLOC          (1 << 7)
 #define NVGPU_AS_MAP_BUFFER_FLAGS_DIRECT_KIND_CTRL  (1 << 8)
 #define NVGPU_AS_MAP_BUFFER_FLAGS_PLATFORM_ATOMIC   (1 << 9)
+#define NVGPU_AS_MAP_BUFFER_FLAGS_ACCESS_NO_WRITE   (1 << 10)
 
 /*
  * VM map buffer IOCTL