diff --git a/mm/kasan/report.c b/mm/kasan/report.c
index 9da071ad930c..5f22ddfa2d7a 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/report.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/report.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static void describe_object(struct kmem_cache *cache, void *object,
 
 static inline bool kernel_or_module_addr(const void *addr)
 {
-	if (addr >= (void *)_stext && addr < (void *)_end)
+	if (is_kernel((unsigned long)addr))
 		return true;
 	if (is_module_address((unsigned long)addr))
 		return true;