diff --git a/mm/process_vm_access.c b/mm/process_vm_access.c
index fd12da80b6f27b..05676722d9cd6a 100644
--- a/mm/process_vm_access.c
+++ b/mm/process_vm_access.c
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ static ssize_t process_vm_rw(pid_t pid,
 		return rc;
 	if (!iov_iter_count(&iter))
 		goto free_iov_l;
-	iov_r = iovec_from_user(rvec, riovcnt, UIO_FASTIOV, iovstack_r, false);
+	iov_r = iovec_from_user(rvec, riovcnt, UIO_FASTIOV, iovstack_r,
+				in_compat_syscall());
 	if (IS_ERR(iov_r)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(iov_r);
 		goto free_iov_l;