diff --git a/lib/buildid.c b/lib/buildid.c
index cc5da016b235..391382bd0541 100644
--- a/lib/buildid.c
+++ b/lib/buildid.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/elf.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/secretmem.h>
 
 #define BUILD_ID 3
 
@@ -157,6 +158,10 @@ int build_id_parse(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned char *build_id,
 	if (!vma->vm_file)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* reject secretmem folios created with memfd_secret() */
+	if (vma_is_secretmem(vma))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	page = find_get_page(vma->vm_file->f_mapping, 0);
 	if (!page)
 		return -EFAULT;	/* page not mapped */