diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 80e8c7b697b9fdd014daae4775ae6991fde353c4..a9de408153915b638116b9330f99ae7267c95c4c 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ static bool valid_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, bool is_register)
 	if (!is_register)
 		return true;
 
-	if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_HUGETLB|VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC|VM_SHARED))
-				== (VM_READ|VM_EXEC))
+	if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_HUGETLB | VM_WRITE | VM_MAYEXEC | VM_SHARED))
+				== VM_MAYEXEC)
 		return true;
 
 	return false;