2 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c
index 42396a74405d..a68f03133df9 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ is_mcounted_section_name(char const *const txtname)
                 strcmp(".sched.text",    txtname) == 0 ||
                 strcmp(".spinlock.text", txtname) == 0 ||
                 strcmp(".irqentry.text", txtname) == 0 ||
+                strcmp(".softirqentry.text", txtname) == 0 ||
                 strcmp(".kprobes.text", txtname) == 0 ||
                 strcmp(".text.unlikely", txtname) == 0;
 }
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index 96e2486a6fc4..2d48011bc362 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ my %text_sections = (
      ".sched.text" => 1,
      ".spinlock.text" => 1,
      ".irqentry.text" => 1,
+     ".softirqentry.text" => 1,
      ".kprobes.text" => 1,
      ".text.unlikely" => 1,
 );