diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 536332e988b872973b1e4dc663eebf0c3f595802..a2b9518980ce47c4219a7f28bc705bdf93ae1d68 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	"nr_vmscan_immediate_reclaim",
 	"nr_dirtied",
 	"nr_written",
-	"nr_indirectly_reclaimable",
+	"", /* nr_indirectly_reclaimable */
 
 	/* enum writeback_stat_item counters */
 	"nr_dirty_threshold",
@@ -1740,6 +1740,10 @@ static int vmstat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *arg)
 	unsigned long *l = arg;
 	unsigned long off = l - (unsigned long *)m->private;
 
+	/* Skip hidden vmstat items. */
+	if (*vmstat_text[off] == '\0')
+		return 0;
+
 	seq_puts(m, vmstat_text[off]);
 	seq_put_decimal_ull(m, " ", *l);
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');