diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
index d30290c69e..a087a57677 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
@@ -4071,8 +4071,8 @@ zfs_map(struct inode *ip, offset_t off, caddr_t *addrp, size_t len,
 	if ((error = zfs_enter_verify_zp(zfsvfs, zp, FTAG)) != 0)
 		return (error);
 
-	if ((vm_flags & VM_WRITE) && (zp->z_pflags &
-	    (ZFS_IMMUTABLE | ZFS_READONLY | ZFS_APPENDONLY))) {
+	if ((vm_flags & VM_WRITE) && (vm_flags & VM_SHARED) &&
+	    (zp->z_pflags & (ZFS_IMMUTABLE | ZFS_READONLY | ZFS_APPENDONLY))) {
 		zfs_exit(zfsvfs, FTAG);
 		return (SET_ERROR(EPERM));
 	}