diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index a14b0059f17737872da198189789393250d47ca9..c135c9704deb97ded45372d92b4a045e7362b956 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -483,6 +483,11 @@ int uprobe_write_opcode(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct mm_struct *mm,
 	if (ret <= 0)
 		goto put_old;
 
+	if (is_zero_page(old_page)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto put_old;
+	}
+
 	if (WARN(!is_register && PageCompound(old_page),
 		 "uprobe unregister should never work on compound page\n")) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;