diff --git a/mm/usercopy.c b/mm/usercopy.c
index 089328f2b920..3c8da0af9695 100644
--- a/mm/usercopy.c
+++ b/mm/usercopy.c
@@ -207,8 +207,11 @@ static inline const char *check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
 	 * Some architectures (arm64) return true for virt_addr_valid() on
 	 * vmalloced addresses. Work around this by checking for vmalloc
 	 * first.
+	 *
+	 * We also need to check for module addresses explicitly since we
+	 * may copy static data from modules to userspace
 	 */
-	if (is_vmalloc_addr(ptr))
+	if (is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(ptr))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!virt_addr_valid(ptr))