diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index b29b84595b09f..fb36469848323 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -2323,26 +2323,8 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 
 	for (i = 0, vma = first_vma(current, gate_vma); vma != NULL;
 			vma = next_vma(vma, gate_vma)) {
-		unsigned long addr;
-		unsigned long end;
-
-		end = vma->vm_start + vma_filesz[i++];
-
-		for (addr = vma->vm_start; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
-			struct page *page;
-			int stop;
-
-			page = get_dump_page(addr);
-			if (page) {
-				void *kaddr = kmap(page);
-				stop = !dump_emit(cprm, kaddr, PAGE_SIZE);
-				kunmap(page);
-				put_page(page);
-			} else
-				stop = !dump_skip(cprm, PAGE_SIZE);
-			if (stop)
-				goto cleanup;
-		}
+		if (!dump_user_range(cprm, vma->vm_start, vma_filesz[i++]))
+			goto cleanup;
 	}
 	dump_truncate(cprm);
 
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index f5b47076fa762..938f66f4de9b2 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -1500,21 +1500,9 @@ static bool elf_fdpic_dump_segments(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 		if (!maydump(vma, cprm->mm_flags))
 			continue;
 
-		for (addr = vma->vm_start; addr < vma->vm_end;
-							addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
-			bool res;
-			struct page *page = get_dump_page(addr);
-			if (page) {
-				void *kaddr = kmap(page);
-				res = dump_emit(cprm, kaddr, PAGE_SIZE);
-				kunmap(page);
-				put_page(page);
-			} else {
-				res = dump_skip(cprm, PAGE_SIZE);
-			}
-			if (!res)
-				return false;
-		}
+		if (!dump_user_range(cprm, vma->vm_start,
+				     vma->vma_end - vma->vm_start))
+			return false;
 	}
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 047f5a11dbee7..3385de8a62302 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -860,6 +860,39 @@ int dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_skip);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ELF_CORE
+int dump_user_range(struct coredump_params *cprm, unsigned long start,
+		    unsigned long len)
+{
+	unsigned long addr;
+
+	for (addr = start; addr < start + len; addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
+		struct page *page;
+		int stop;
+
+		/*
+		 * To avoid having to allocate page tables for virtual address
+		 * ranges that have never been used yet, use a helper that
+		 * returns NULL when encountering an empty page table entry that
+		 * would otherwise have been filled with the zero page.
+		 */
+		page = get_dump_page(addr);
+		if (page) {
+			void *kaddr = kmap(page);
+
+			stop = !dump_emit(cprm, kaddr, PAGE_SIZE);
+			kunmap(page);
+			put_page(page);
+		} else {
+			stop = !dump_skip(cprm, PAGE_SIZE);
+		}
+		if (stop)
+			return 0;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+#endif
+
 int dump_align(struct coredump_params *cprm, int align)
 {
 	unsigned mod = cprm->pos & (align - 1);
diff --git a/include/linux/coredump.h b/include/linux/coredump.h
index abf4b4e65dbb9..4289dc21c04ff 100644
--- a/include/linux/coredump.h
+++ b/include/linux/coredump.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ extern int dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr);
 extern int dump_emit(struct coredump_params *cprm, const void *addr, int nr);
 extern int dump_align(struct coredump_params *cprm, int align);
 extern void dump_truncate(struct coredump_params *cprm);
+int dump_user_range(struct coredump_params *cprm, unsigned long start,
+		    unsigned long len);
 #ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
 extern void do_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo);
 #else
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 76080c4dbff05..9a7e83772f1fe 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1550,7 +1550,6 @@ static long __get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk,
  *
  * Called without mmap_sem, but after all other threads have been killed.
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_ELF_CORE
 struct page *get_dump_page(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
@@ -1563,7 +1562,6 @@ struct page *get_dump_page(unsigned long addr)
 	flush_cache_page(vma, addr, page_to_pfn(page));
 	return page;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_ELF_CORE */
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_FS_DAX) || defined (CONFIG_CMA)
 static bool check_dax_vmas(struct vm_area_struct **vmas, long nr_pages)
