diff --git a/lib/buildid.c b/lib/buildid.c
index 290641d92ac1..c4b0f376fb34 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
 
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ static int freader_get_folio(struct freader *r, loff_t file_off)
 
 	freader_put_folio(r);
 
+	/* reject secretmem folios created with memfd_secret() */
+	if (secretmem_mapping(r->file->f_mapping))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	r->folio = filemap_get_folio(r->file->f_mapping, file_off >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 
 	/* if sleeping is allowed, wait for the page, if necessary */