diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index b049939177f6d3a4983341b42eb4719c27b4af62..06f496a5d182ccfe54a6d2ac0db78c5764ca7e1f 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2431,10 +2431,10 @@ static void kmemleak_load_module(const struct module *mod,
 	kmemleak_scan_area(mod, sizeof(struct module), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	for (i = 1; i < info->hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
-		const char *name = info->secstrings + info->sechdrs[i].sh_name;
-		if (!(info->sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC))
-			continue;
-		if (!strstarts(name, ".data") && !strstarts(name, ".bss"))
+		/* Scan all writable sections that's not executable */
+		if (!(info->sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) ||
+		    !(info->sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_WRITE) ||
+		    (info->sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_EXECINSTR))
 			continue;
 
 		kmemleak_scan_area((void *)info->sechdrs[i].sh_addr,