1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
index adb008a0136f..51c819c12c29 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
@@ -415,7 +415,8 @@ static void trace_selftest_test_recursion_func(unsigned long ip,
          * The ftrace infrastructure should provide the recursion
          * protection. If not, this will crash the kernel!
          */
-        trace_selftest_recursion_cnt++;
+        if (trace_selftest_recursion_cnt++ > 10)
+                return;
         DYN_FTRACE_TEST_NAME();
 }