diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c
index ea5dc7c90f46..b49ba9a24bcc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -217,11 +217,26 @@ int ftrace_make_nop(struct module *mod, struct dyn_ftrace *rec,
 	unsigned long pc = rec->ip;
 	u32 old = 0, new;
 
+	new = aarch64_insn_gen_nop();
+
+	/*
+	 * When using mcount, callsites in modules may have been initalized to
+	 * call an arbitrary module PLT (which redirects to the _mcount stub)
+	 * rather than the ftrace PLT we'll use at runtime (which redirects to
+	 * the ftrace trampoline). We can ignore the old PLT when initializing
+	 * the callsite.
+	 *
+	 * Note: 'mod' is only set at module load time.
+	 */
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS) &&
+	    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_MODULE_PLTS) && mod) {
+		return aarch64_insn_patch_text_nosync((void *)pc, new);
+	}
+
 	if (!ftrace_find_callable_addr(rec, mod, &addr))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	old = aarch64_insn_gen_branch_imm(pc, addr, AARCH64_INSN_BRANCH_LINK);
-	new = aarch64_insn_gen_nop();
 
 	return ftrace_modify_code(pc, old, new, true);
 }