diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index bcb884e2d613..07d096c49920 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ static int fill_thread_core_info(struct elf_thread_core_info *t,
 	for (i = 1; i < view->n; ++i) {
 		const struct user_regset *regset = &view->regsets[i];
 		do_thread_regset_writeback(t->task, regset);
-		if (regset->core_note_type &&
+		if (regset->core_note_type && regset->get &&
 		    (!regset->active || regset->active(t->task, regset))) {
 			int ret;
 			size_t size = regset->n * regset->size;
diff --git a/include/linux/regset.h b/include/linux/regset.h
index 8abee6556223..5150fd16ef93 100644
--- a/include/linux/regset.h
+++ b/include/linux/regset.h
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ static inline int copy_regset_to_user(struct task_struct *target,
 {
 	const struct user_regset *regset = &view->regsets[setno];
 
+	if (!regset->get)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, data, size))
 		return -EIO;
 
@@ -358,6 +361,9 @@ static inline int copy_regset_from_user(struct task_struct *target,
 {
 	const struct user_regset *regset = &view->regsets[setno];
 
+	if (!regset->set)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, data, size))
 		return -EIO;