diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
index 018ac4b1aa3c..537bfdc8cd09 100644
--- a/lib/iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ int iov_iter_fault_in_readable(struct iov_iter *i, size_t bytes)
 	int err;
 	struct iovec v;
 
-	if (!(i->type & (ITER_BVEC|ITER_KVEC))) {
+	if (iter_is_iovec(i)) {
 		iterate_iovec(i, bytes, v, iov, skip, ({
 			err = fault_in_pages_readable(v.iov_base, v.iov_len);
 			if (unlikely(err))