1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index 029e8cffca9e..9689a5138e64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -1035,6 +1035,8 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
         unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_text);
         unsigned long size = PFN_ALIGN(_etext) - start;
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
+        /* Dynamic tracing modifies the kernel text section */
         set_pages_ro(virt_to_page(start), size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
         printk(KERN_INFO "Write protecting the kernel text: %luk\n",
                 size >> 10);
@@ -1047,6 +1049,8 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
         printk(KERN_INFO "Testing CPA: write protecting again\n");
         set_pages_ro(virt_to_page(start), size>>PAGE_SHIFT);
 #endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
+
         start += size;
         size = (unsigned long)__end_rodata - start;
         set_pages_ro(virt_to_page(start), size >> PAGE_SHIFT);