diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c
index e4ef67e4da0a..a19a2763e8d4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ int copy_oldmem_kernel(void *dst, unsigned long src, size_t count)
 
 	kvec.iov_base = dst;
 	kvec.iov_len = count;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, WRITE, &kvec, 1, count);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, READ, &kvec, 1, count);
 	if (copy_oldmem_iter(&iter, src, count) < count)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	return 0;