diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/kmemcheck/kmemcheck.c b/arch/x86/mm/kmemcheck/kmemcheck.c
index 2c55ed098654..528bf954eb74 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/kmemcheck/kmemcheck.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/kmemcheck/kmemcheck.c
@@ -331,6 +331,20 @@ static void kmemcheck_read_strict(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	kmemcheck_shadow_set(shadow, size);
 }
 
+bool kmemcheck_is_obj_initialized(unsigned long addr, size_t size)
+{
+	enum kmemcheck_shadow status;
+	void *shadow;
+
+	shadow = kmemcheck_shadow_lookup(addr);
+	if (!shadow)
+		return true;
+
+	status = kmemcheck_shadow_test(shadow, size);
+
+	return status == KMEMCHECK_SHADOW_INITIALIZED;
+}
+
 /* Access may cross page boundary */
 static void kmemcheck_read(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	unsigned long addr, unsigned int size)
diff --git a/include/linux/kmemcheck.h b/include/linux/kmemcheck.h
index 47b39b7c7e84..dc2fd545db00 100644
--- a/include/linux/kmemcheck.h
+++ b/include/linux/kmemcheck.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ void kmemcheck_mark_initialized_pages(struct page *p, unsigned int n);
 int kmemcheck_show_addr(unsigned long address);
 int kmemcheck_hide_addr(unsigned long address);
 
+bool kmemcheck_is_obj_initialized(unsigned long addr, size_t size);
+
 #else
 #define kmemcheck_enabled 0
 
@@ -99,6 +101,11 @@ static inline void kmemcheck_mark_initialized_pages(struct page *p,
 {
 }
 
+static inline bool kmemcheck_is_obj_initialized(unsigned long addr, size_t size)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_KMEMCHECK */
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index 1d7645b0a97c..c494fee7a2b5 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 
+#include <linux/kmemcheck.h>
 #include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 
 /*
@@ -967,15 +968,22 @@ static void scan_block(void *_start, void *_end,
 	unsigned long *end = _end - (BYTES_PER_POINTER - 1);
 
 	for (ptr = start; ptr < end; ptr++) {
-		unsigned long flags;
-		unsigned long pointer = *ptr;
 		struct kmemleak_object *object;
+		unsigned long flags;
+		unsigned long pointer;
 
 		if (allow_resched)
 			cond_resched();
 		if (scan_should_stop())
 			break;
 
+		/* don't scan uninitialized memory */
+		if (!kmemcheck_is_obj_initialized((unsigned long)ptr,
+						  BYTES_PER_POINTER))
+			continue;
+
+		pointer = *ptr;
+
 		object = find_and_get_object(pointer, 1);
 		if (!object)
 			continue;