2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c
index 038b3d1e2981..f9f6f52db772 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ static uint32_t (*w2)(uint16_t);
 static int
 is_mcounted_section_name(char const *const txtname)
 {
-        return 0 == strcmp(".text",          txtname) ||
+        return 0 == strcmp(".text",           txtname) ||
+                0 == strcmp(".ref.text",      txtname) ||
                 0 == strcmp(".sched.text",    txtname) ||
                 0 == strcmp(".spinlock.text", txtname) ||
                 0 == strcmp(".irqentry.text", txtname) ||
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index 1d7963f4ee79..4be0deea71ca 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ if ($inputfile =~ m,kernel/trace/ftrace\.o$,) {
 # Acceptable sections to record.
 my %text_sections = (
      ".text" => 1,
+     ".ref.text" => 1,
      ".sched.text" => 1,
      ".spinlock.text" => 1,
      ".irqentry.text" => 1,