diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index fa04b14a7d723..62c14dffa1ba9 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -2304,7 +2304,7 @@ static struct uprobe *find_active_uprobe_rcu(unsigned long bp_vaddr, int *is_swb
 	mmap_read_lock(mm);
 	vma = vma_lookup(mm, bp_vaddr);
 	if (vma) {
-		if (valid_vma(vma, false)) {
+		if (vma->vm_file) {
 			struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 			loff_t offset = vaddr_to_offset(vma, bp_vaddr);