2 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 9e54a6ccdb93..76bb884b6e16 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -263,14 +263,6 @@ static void ftrace_update_pid_func(void)
 # error Dynamic ftrace depends on MCOUNT_RECORD
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Since MCOUNT_ADDR may point to mcount itself, we do not want
- * to get it confused by reading a reference in the code as we
- * are parsing on objcopy output of text. Use a variable for
- * it instead.
- */
-static unsigned long mcount_addr = MCOUNT_ADDR;
-
 enum {
         FTRACE_ENABLE_CALLS             = (1 << 0),
         FTRACE_DISABLE_CALLS            = (1 << 1),
@@ -575,7 +567,7 @@ ftrace_code_disable(struct module *mod, struct dyn_ftrace *rec)
 
         ip = rec->ip;
 
-        ret = ftrace_make_nop(mod, rec, mcount_addr);
+        ret = ftrace_make_nop(mod, rec, MCOUNT_ADDR);
         if (ret) {
                 ftrace_bug(ret, ip);
                 rec->flags |= FTRACE_FL_FAILED;
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index 282485a22bf8..070042b4ccd5 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ if ($#ARGV < 7) {
 my ($arch, $bits, $objdump, $objcopy, $cc,
     $ld, $nm, $rm, $mv, $is_module, $inputfile) = @ARGV;
 
+# This file refers to mcount and shouldn't be ftraced, so lets' ignore it
+if ($inputfile eq "kernel/trace/ftrace.o") {
+    exit(0);
+}
+
 # Acceptable sections to record.
 my %text_sections = (
      ".text" => 1,