diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index d1edc5e6fd03..7716c40f2c50 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ struct xol_area {
  */
 static bool valid_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, bool is_register)
 {
-	vm_flags_t flags = VM_HUGETLB | VM_MAYEXEC | VM_SHARED;
+	vm_flags_t flags = VM_HUGETLB | VM_MAYEXEC | VM_MAYSHARE;
 
 	if (is_register)
 		flags |= VM_WRITE;