diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 541467f9101f..eb825fc3ce0d 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -8515,16 +8515,8 @@ static int check_reg_type(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *re
 	if (base_type(reg->type) != PTR_TO_BTF_ID)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (compatible == &mem_types) {
-		if (!(arg_type & MEM_RDONLY)) {
-			verbose(env,
-				"%s() may write into memory pointed by %s type=%s\n",
-				meta->func_name,
-				reg_arg_name(env, argno), reg_type_str(env, reg->type));
-			return -EACCES;
-		}
+	if (compatible == &mem_types)
 		return 0;
-	}
 
 	switch ((int)reg->type) {
 	case PTR_TO_BTF_ID:
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/task_kfunc_failure.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/task_kfunc_failure.c
index f96b0c13ed1a..9979766d4d74 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/task_kfunc_failure.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/task_kfunc_failure.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ int BPF_PROG(task_access_comm2, struct task_struct *task, u64 clone_flags)
 }
 
 SEC("tp_btf/task_newtask")
-__failure __msg("write into memory")
+__failure __msg("only read is supported")
 int BPF_PROG(task_access_comm3, struct task_struct *task, u64 clone_flags)
 {
 	bpf_probe_read_kernel(task->comm, 16, task->comm);