diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 84c24b495e81c028ae5d2ada5eb0605e15c282bb..53859510ba5bce5f4c5ab90f1ef71e9165da0129 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3581,7 +3581,10 @@ long vwrite(char *buf, char *addr, unsigned long count)
 	buflen = count;
 
 	spin_lock(&vmap_area_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(va, &vmap_area_list, list) {
+	va = __find_vmap_area((unsigned long)addr);
+	if (!va)
+		goto finished;
+	list_for_each_entry_from(va, &vmap_area_list, list) {
 		if (!count)
 			break;