diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/ioas.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/ioas.c
index 742248276548..157a89b993e4 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/ioas.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/ioas.c
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ int iommufd_ioas_map(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
 	if (cmd->iova >= ULONG_MAX || cmd->length >= ULONG_MAX)
 		return -EOVERFLOW;
 
+	if (!(cmd->flags &
+	      (IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_WRITEABLE | IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_READABLE)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ioas = iommufd_get_ioas(ucmd->ictx, cmd->ioas_id);
 	if (IS_ERR(ioas))
 		return PTR_ERR(ioas);
@@ -253,6 +257,10 @@ int iommufd_ioas_copy(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
 	    cmd->dst_iova >= ULONG_MAX)
 		return -EOVERFLOW;
 
+	if (!(cmd->flags &
+	      (IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_WRITEABLE | IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_READABLE)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	src_ioas = iommufd_get_ioas(ucmd->ictx, cmd->src_ioas_id);
 	if (IS_ERR(src_ioas))
 		return PTR_ERR(src_ioas);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/iommu/iommufd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/iommu/iommufd.c
index 6343f4053bd4..4927b9add5ad 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/iommu/iommufd.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/iommu/iommufd.c
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ TEST_F(iommufd_ioas, copy_area)
 {
 	struct iommu_ioas_copy copy_cmd = {
 		.size = sizeof(copy_cmd),
-		.flags = IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_FIXED_IOVA,
+		.flags = IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_FIXED_IOVA | IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_WRITEABLE,
 		.dst_ioas_id = self->ioas_id,
 		.src_ioas_id = self->ioas_id,
 		.length = PAGE_SIZE,
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ TEST_F(iommufd_ioas, copy_sweep)
 {
 	struct iommu_ioas_copy copy_cmd = {
 		.size = sizeof(copy_cmd),
-		.flags = IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_FIXED_IOVA,
+		.flags = IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_FIXED_IOVA | IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_WRITEABLE,
 		.src_ioas_id = self->ioas_id,
 		.dst_iova = MOCK_APERTURE_START,
 		.length = MOCK_PAGE_SIZE,
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@ TEST_F(iommufd_mock_domain, user_copy)
 	};
 	struct iommu_ioas_copy copy_cmd = {
 		.size = sizeof(copy_cmd),
-		.flags = IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_FIXED_IOVA,
+		.flags = IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_FIXED_IOVA | IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_WRITEABLE,
 		.dst_ioas_id = self->ioas_id,
 		.dst_iova = MOCK_APERTURE_START,
 		.length = BUFFER_SIZE,