diff --git a/criu/page-xfer.c b/criu/page-xfer.c
index 3d29fbf78..2a9f6e2cc 100644
--- a/criu/page-xfer.c
+++ b/criu/page-xfer.c
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ int page_xfer_predump_pages(int pid, struct page_xfer *xfer, struct page_pipe *p
 
 		bufvec.iov_base = userbuf;
 		bufvec.iov_len = bytes_read;
-		ret = vmsplice(ppb->p[1], &bufvec, 1, SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK);
+		ret = vmsplice(ppb->p[1], &bufvec, 1, SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK | SPLICE_F_GIFT);
 
 		if (ret == -1 || ret != bytes_read) {
 			pr_err("vmsplice: Failed to splice user buffer to pipe %ld\n", ret);