diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 285f0e7d28e7..814ce9122709 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2578,16 +2578,13 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 	struct vmap_area *va = p;
 	struct vm_struct *v;
 
-	if (va->flags & (VM_LAZY_FREE | VM_LAZY_FREEING))
+	/*
+	 * 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))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!(va->flags & VM_VM_AREA)) {
-		seq_printf(m, "0x%pK-0x%pK %7ld vm_map_ram\n",
-			(void *)va->va_start, (void *)va->va_end,
-					va->va_end - va->va_start);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	v = va->vm;
 
 	/* Pair with smp_wmb() in clear_vm_uninitialized_flag() */