diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index b623a249918c..ce22a250926f 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3688,7 +3688,7 @@ static int __access_remote_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
 			 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
 			vma = find_vma(mm, addr);
-			if (!vma)
+			if (!vma || vma->vm_start > addr)
 				break;
 			if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->access)
 				ret = vma->vm_ops->access(vma, addr, buf,