diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index a44a7897fd4d20988aa933a89fab2d9c1600d53a..b442dac8f5f99f5366c55eef420b6fb51120c5f0 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos)
 		}
 		read_unlock(&kclist_lock);
 
-		if (m == NULL) {
+		if (&m->list == &kclist_head) {
 			if (clear_user(buffer, tsz))
 				return -EFAULT;
 		} else if (is_vmalloc_or_module_addr((void *)start)) {