diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index bcb884e..07d096c 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@
 	for (i = 1; i < view->n; ++i) {
 		const struct user_regset *regset = &view->regsets[i];
 		do_thread_regset_writeback(t->task, regset);
-		if (regset->core_note_type &&
+		if (regset->core_note_type && regset->get &&
 		    (!regset->active || regset->active(t->task, regset))) {
 			int ret;
 			size_t size = regset->n * regset->size;