diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
index 14df1f1347a8dd..4954adc6bb609e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
@@ -343,7 +343,9 @@ static void idxd_cleanup_internals(struct idxd_device *idxd)
 static int idxd_init_evl(struct idxd_device *idxd)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &idxd->pdev->dev;
+	unsigned int evl_cache_size;
 	struct idxd_evl *evl;
+	const char *idxd_name;
 
 	if (idxd->hw.gen_cap.evl_support == 0)
 		return 0;
@@ -355,9 +357,16 @@ static int idxd_init_evl(struct idxd_device *idxd)
 	spin_lock_init(&evl->lock);
 	evl->size = IDXD_EVL_SIZE_MIN;
 
-	idxd->evl_cache = kmem_cache_create(dev_name(idxd_confdev(idxd)),
-					    sizeof(struct idxd_evl_fault) + evl_ent_size(idxd),
-					    0, 0, NULL);
+	idxd_name = dev_name(idxd_confdev(idxd));
+	evl_cache_size = sizeof(struct idxd_evl_fault) + evl_ent_size(idxd);
+	/*
+	 * Since completion record in evl_cache will be copied to user
+	 * when handling completion record page fault, need to create
+	 * the cache suitable for user copy.
+	 */
+	idxd->evl_cache = kmem_cache_create_usercopy(idxd_name, evl_cache_size,
+						     0, 0, 0, evl_cache_size,
+						     NULL);
 	if (!idxd->evl_cache) {
 		kfree(evl);
 		return -ENOMEM;