diff --git a/sys/dev/nvmm/nvmm.c b/sys/dev/nvmm/nvmm.c
index 80931acfc50..1a4c3a7799c 100644
--- a/sys/dev/nvmm/nvmm.c
+++ b/sys/dev/nvmm/nvmm.c
@@ -912,6 +912,10 @@ nvmm_gpa_map(struct nvmm_owner *owner, struct nvmm_ioc_gpa_map *args)
 		error = EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
+	if (uvm_map_pageable(&mach->vm->vm_map,
+	    gpa, gpa + args->size, false, 0) == 0)
+		error = uvm_map_pageable(&mach->vm->vm_map,
+		    gpa, gpa + args->size, true, 0);
 
 out:
 	nvmm_machine_put(mach);