diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index d74d75e0952..18828aee878 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -491,13 +491,6 @@ void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long *parent, unsigned long self_addr)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(!__kernel_text_address(old))) {
-		ftrace_graph_stop();
-		*parent = old;
-		WARN_ON(1);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	calltime = cpu_clock(raw_smp_processor_id());
 
 	if (push_return_trace(old, calltime,
diff --git a/kernel/extable.c b/kernel/extable.c
index e136ed8d82b..0df6253730b 100644
--- a/kernel/extable.c
+++ b/kernel/extable.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const struct exception_table_entry *search_exception_tables(unsigned long addr)
 	return e;
 }
 
-__notrace_funcgraph int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
+int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	if (addr >= (unsigned long)_stext &&
 	    addr <= (unsigned long)_etext)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ __notrace_funcgraph int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-__notrace_funcgraph int __kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
+int __kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	if (core_kernel_text(addr))
 		return 1;
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index ba22484a987..22d7379709d 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2735,7 +2735,7 @@ int is_module_address(unsigned long addr)
 
 
 /* Is this a valid kernel address? */
-__notrace_funcgraph struct module *__module_text_address(unsigned long addr)
+struct module *__module_text_address(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct module *mod;