diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index 4ee55274f155..45629f4b5402 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos)
 		if (&m->list == &kclist_head) {
 			if (clear_user(buffer, tsz))
 				return -EFAULT;
-		} else if (is_vmalloc_or_module_addr((void *)start)) {
+		} else if (m->type == KCORE_VMALLOC) {
 			vread(buf, (char *)start, tsz);
 			/* we have to zero-fill user buffer even if no read */
 			if (copy_to_user(buffer, buf, tsz))