/*
         * permissions
-        * 0 : local_write_enable - Write permissions: value
-        *    of 1 needed for RQ buffers and for RDMA write
-        * 7:1 : reserved1 - remote access flags, etc
+        * 0 : local_write_enable - Local write permissions:
+        *    must be set for RQ buffers and buffers posted for
+        *    RDMA Read requests
+        * 1 : reserved1 - MBZ
+        * 2 : remote_read_enable - Remote read permissions:
+        *    must be set to enable RDMA read from the region
+        * 7:3 : reserved2 - MBZ
         */
        u8 permissions;
 
 #define EFA_ADMIN_REG_MR_CMD_MEM_ADDR_PHY_MODE_EN_SHIFT     7
 #define EFA_ADMIN_REG_MR_CMD_MEM_ADDR_PHY_MODE_EN_MASK      BIT(7)
 #define EFA_ADMIN_REG_MR_CMD_LOCAL_WRITE_ENABLE_MASK        BIT(0)
+#define EFA_ADMIN_REG_MR_CMD_REMOTE_READ_ENABLE_SHIFT       2
+#define EFA_ADMIN_REG_MR_CMD_REMOTE_READ_ENABLE_MASK        BIT(2)
 
 /* create_cq_cmd */
 #define EFA_ADMIN_CREATE_CQ_CMD_INTERRUPT_MODE_ENABLED_SHIFT 5
 
        mr_cmd.flags |= params->page_shift &
                EFA_ADMIN_REG_MR_CMD_PHYS_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT_MASK;
        mr_cmd.iova = params->iova;
-       mr_cmd.permissions |= params->permissions &
-                             EFA_ADMIN_REG_MR_CMD_LOCAL_WRITE_ENABLE_MASK;
+       mr_cmd.permissions = params->permissions;
 
        if (params->inline_pbl) {
                memcpy(mr_cmd.pbl.inline_pbl_array,
 
         * address mapping
         */
        u8 page_shift;
-       /*
-        * permissions
-        * 0: local_write_enable - Write permissions: value of 1 needed
-        * for RQ buffers and for RDMA write:1: reserved1 - remote
-        * access flags, etc
-        */
+       /* see permissions field of struct efa_admin_reg_mr_cmd */
        u8 permissions;
        u8 inline_pbl;
        u8 indirect;
 
 #define EFA_CHUNK_USED_SIZE \
        ((EFA_PTRS_PER_CHUNK * EFA_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_PTR_SIZE) + EFA_CHUNK_PTR_SIZE)
 
-#define EFA_SUPPORTED_ACCESS_FLAGS IB_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE
+#define EFA_SUPPORTED_ACCESS_FLAGS \
+       (IB_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE | IB_ACCESS_REMOTE_READ)
 
 struct pbl_chunk {
        dma_addr_t dma_addr;
        params.pd = to_epd(ibpd)->pdn;
        params.iova = virt_addr;
        params.mr_length_in_bytes = length;
-       params.permissions = access_flags & 0x1;
+       params.permissions = access_flags;
 
        pg_sz = ib_umem_find_best_pgsz(mr->umem,
                                       dev->dev_attr.page_size_cap,