diff --git a/mm/kasan/report.c b/mm/kasan/report.c
index 3fe77a360f1c..8357e1a33699 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/report.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/report.c
@@ -370,6 +370,36 @@ static inline bool init_task_stack_addr(const void *addr)
 			sizeof(init_thread_union.stack));
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function is invoked with report_lock (a raw_spinlock) held. A
+ * PREEMPT_RT kernel cannot call find_vm_area() as it will acquire a sleeping
+ * rt_spinlock.
+ *
+ * For !RT kernel, the PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING config option will print a
+ * lockdep warning for this raw_spinlock -> spinlock dependency. This config
+ * option is enabled by default to ensure better test coverage to expose this
+ * kind of RT kernel problem. This lockdep splat, however, can be suppressed
+ * by using DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP() if it serves a useful purpose and the
+ * invalid PREEMPT_RT case has been taken care of.
+ */
+static inline struct vm_struct *kasan_find_vm_area(void *addr)
+{
+	static DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP(vmalloc_map, LD_WAIT_SLEEP);
+	struct vm_struct *va;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+		return NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Suppress lockdep warning and fetch vmalloc area of the
+	 * offending address.
+	 */
+	lock_map_acquire_try(&vmalloc_map);
+	va = find_vm_area(addr);
+	lock_map_release(&vmalloc_map);
+	return va;
+}
+
 static void print_address_description(void *addr, u8 tag,
 				      struct kasan_report_info *info)
 {
@@ -399,7 +429,7 @@ static void print_address_description(void *addr, u8 tag,
 	}
 
 	if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr)) {
-		struct vm_struct *va = find_vm_area(addr);
+		struct vm_struct *va = kasan_find_vm_area(addr);
 
 		if (va) {
 			pr_err("The buggy address belongs to the virtual mapping at\n"
@@ -409,6 +439,8 @@ static void print_address_description(void *addr, u8 tag,
 			pr_err("\n");
 
 			page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
+		} else {
+			pr_err("The buggy address %px belongs to a vmalloc virtual mapping\n", addr);
 		}
 	}