diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index a5e453cf05c4..e5355a5b423f 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1453,8 +1453,11 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
 
 		read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 		do_each_thread(g, p) {
-			scan_block(task_stack_page(p), task_stack_page(p) +
-				   THREAD_SIZE, NULL);
+			void *stack = try_get_task_stack(p);
+			if (stack) {
+				scan_block(stack, stack + THREAD_SIZE, NULL);
+				put_task_stack(p);
+			}
 		} while_each_thread(g, p);
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 	}