diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index c0e3f91e28e9..469666df91da 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ static int fill_thread_core_info(struct elf_thread_core_info *t,
 		const struct user_regset *regset = &view->regsets[i];
 		do_thread_regset_writeback(t->task, regset);
 		if (regset->core_note_type && regset->get &&
-		    (!regset->active || regset->active(t->task, regset))) {
+		    (!regset->active || regset->active(t->task, regset) > 0)) {
 			int ret;
 			size_t size = regset->n * regset->size;
 			void *data = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);