diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 4d505c994623..96af7e08db4b 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ static struct page *no_page_table(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	 * But we can only make this optimization where a hole would surely
 	 * be zero-filled if handle_mm_fault() actually did handle it.
 	 */
-	if ((flags & FOLL_DUMP) && (!vma->vm_ops || !vma->vm_ops->fault))
+	if ((flags & FOLL_DUMP) &&
+			(vma_is_anonymous(vma) || !vma->vm_ops->fault))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
 	return NULL;
 }