diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 6211a807cb31..6016ab079e2b 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc_to_pfn);
 
 /*** Global kva allocator ***/
 
+#define VM_LAZY_FREE	0x02
 #define VM_VM_AREA	0x04
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(vmap_area_lock);
@@ -1497,6 +1498,7 @@ struct vm_struct *remove_vm_area(const void *addr)
 		spin_lock(&vmap_area_lock);
 		va->vm = NULL;
 		va->flags &= ~VM_VM_AREA;
+		va->flags |= VM_LAZY_FREE;
 		spin_unlock(&vmap_area_lock);
 
 		vmap_debug_free_range(va->va_start, va->va_end);
@@ -2704,8 +2706,14 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 	 * s_show can encounter race with remove_vm_area, !VM_VM_AREA on
 	 * behalf of vmap area is being tear down or vm_map_ram allocation.
 	 */
-	if (!(va->flags & VM_VM_AREA))
+	if (!(va->flags & VM_VM_AREA)) {
+		seq_printf(m, "0x%pK-0x%pK %7ld %s\n",
+			(void *)va->va_start, (void *)va->va_end,
+			va->va_end - va->va_start,
+			va->flags & VM_LAZY_FREE ? "unpurged vm_area" : "vm_map_ram");
+
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	v = va->vm;