1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/litmus/trace.c b/litmus/trace.c
index 90ef443bd9..489e23e8a6 100644
--- a/litmus/trace.c
+++ b/litmus/trace.c
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ static int trace_release(struct inode *in, struct file *filp)
                 trace_ts_buf = NULL;
         }
 
+        /* dummy entry to make linker happy */
+        ft_event0(666, save_timestamp);
+
         use_count--;
         up(&feather_lock);
 out:
@@ -292,8 +295,6 @@ static int __init init_sched_trace(void)
         int error = 0;
 
         printk("Initializing Feather-Trace device\n");
-        /* dummy entry to make linker happy */
-        ft_event0(666, save_timestamp);
 
         error = register_buffer_dev("ft_trace", &ft_trace_fops,
                                     FT_TRACE_MAJOR, 1);