diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 2746791ce1e2..615b4e6d22c7 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1703,7 +1703,8 @@ static int xol_add_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct xol_area *area)
 	}
 
 	vma = _install_special_mapping(mm, area->vaddr, PAGE_SIZE,
-				VM_EXEC|VM_MAYEXEC|VM_DONTCOPY|VM_IO,
+				VM_EXEC|VM_MAYEXEC|VM_DONTCOPY|VM_IO|
+				VM_SEALED_SYSMAP,
 				&xol_mapping);
 	if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(vma);