diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index c28b0b9e5cc0..2aad49981b57 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1185,9 +1185,10 @@ void __init vmalloc_init(void)
 	/* Import existing vmlist entries. */
 	for (tmp = vmlist; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
 		va = kzalloc(sizeof(struct vmap_area), GFP_NOWAIT);
-		va->flags = tmp->flags | VM_VM_AREA;
+		va->flags = VM_VM_AREA;
 		va->va_start = (unsigned long)tmp->addr;
 		va->va_end = va->va_start + tmp->size;
+		va->vm = tmp;
 		__insert_vmap_area(va);
 	}