diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 0e137f98a50c30..267f6ef91d9709 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1262,8 +1262,6 @@ void uprobe_end_dup_mmap(void)
 
 void uprobe_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm, struct mm_struct *newmm)
 {
-	newmm->uprobes_state.xol_area = NULL;
-
 	if (test_bit(MMF_HAS_UPROBES, &oldmm->flags)) {
 		set_bit(MMF_HAS_UPROBES, &newmm->flags);
 		/* unconditionally, dup_mmap() skips VM_DONTCOPY vmas */
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index cbbea277b3fba7..b7e9e57b71eaef 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -785,6 +785,13 @@ static void mm_init_owner(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p)
 #endif
 }
 
+static void mm_init_uprobes_state(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_UPROBES
+	mm->uprobes_state.xol_area = NULL;
+#endif
+}
+
 static struct mm_struct *mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p,
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns)
 {
@@ -812,6 +819,7 @@ static struct mm_struct *mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p,
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && !USE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCKS
 	mm->pmd_huge_pte = NULL;
 #endif
+	mm_init_uprobes_state(mm);
 
 	if (current->mm) {
 		mm->flags = current->mm->flags & MMF_INIT_MASK;