diff --git a/include/trace/events/kmem.h b/include/trace/events/kmem.h
index f74925a..fdc5bde 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/kmem.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/kmem.h
@@ -475,7 +475,13 @@ TRACE_EVENT(rss_stat,
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->mm_id = mm_ptr_to_hash(mm);
-		__entry->curr = !!(current->mm == mm);
+		/*
+		 * curr is true if the mm matches the current task's mm_struct.
+		 * Since kthreads (PF_KTHREAD) have no mm_struct of their own
+		 * but can borrow one via kthread_use_mm(), we must filter them
+		 * out to avoid incorrectly attributing the RSS update to them.
+		 */
+		__entry->curr = current->mm == mm && !(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD);
 		__entry->member = member;
 		__entry->size = (percpu_counter_sum_positive(&mm->rss_stat[member])
 							    << PAGE_SHIFT);