diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index b52376d02332..f0d04530af63 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ static bool valid_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, bool is_register)
 	if (!is_register)
 		return true;
 
-	if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC|VM_SHARED)) == (VM_READ|VM_EXEC))
+	if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_HUGETLB|VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC|VM_SHARED))
+				== (VM_READ|VM_EXEC))
 		return true;
 
 	return false;