diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c b/hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c
index 3bd05fed12..f2155ddb1d 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c
@@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ int vfio_pci_nvidia_v100_ram_init(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp)
     }
     cap = (void *) hdr;
 
-    p = mmap(NULL, nv2reg->size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC,
+    p = mmap(NULL, nv2reg->size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
              MAP_SHARED, vdev->vbasedev.fd, nv2reg->offset);
     if (p == MAP_FAILED) {
         ret = -errno;
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ int vfio_pci_nvlink2_init(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp)
 
     /* Some NVLink bridges may not have assigned ATSD */
     if (atsdreg->size) {
-        p = mmap(NULL, atsdreg->size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC,
+        p = mmap(NULL, atsdreg->size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
                  MAP_SHARED, vdev->vbasedev.fd, atsdreg->offset);
         if (p == MAP_FAILED) {
             ret = -errno;