diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index e9a5fbfce08e..cc4219135dc9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1304,6 +1304,14 @@ static int ftrace_convert_nops(struct module *mod,
 	p = start;
 	while (p < end) {
 		addr = ftrace_call_adjust(*p++);
+		/*
+		 * Some architecture linkers will pad between
+		 * the different mcount_loc sections of different
+		 * object files to satisfy alignments.
+		 * Skip any NULL pointers.
+		 */
+		if (!addr)
+			continue;
 		ftrace_record_ip(addr);
 	}