diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 6aa33d1e198f..8ba9c3128947 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1193,7 +1193,8 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 	register_page_bootmem_info();
 
 	/* Register memory areas for /proc/kcore */
-	kclist_add(&kcore_vsyscall, (void *)VSYSCALL_ADDR, PAGE_SIZE, KCORE_USER);
+	if (get_gate_vma(&init_mm))
+		kclist_add(&kcore_vsyscall, (void *)VSYSCALL_ADDR, PAGE_SIZE, KCORE_USER);
 
 	mem_init_print_info(NULL);
 }