diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index b7a0ae2a7b20..01ea4f8351a6 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2085,7 +2085,7 @@ static int kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		if ((mem->userspace_addr != old->userspace_addr) ||
 		    (npages != old->npages) ||
-		    ((mem->flags ^ old->flags) & KVM_MEM_READONLY))
+		    ((mem->flags ^ old->flags) & (KVM_MEM_READONLY | KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD)))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		if (base_gfn != old->base_gfn)