diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index c9e09d86e1d8..7694f3e59797 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -36,14 +36,6 @@
 int ftrace_enabled __read_mostly;
 static int last_ftrace_enabled;
 
-/*
- * Since MCOUNT_ADDR may point to mcount itself, we do not want
- * to get it confused by reading a reference in the code as we
- * are parsing on objcopy output of text. Use a variable for
- * it instead.
- */
-static unsigned long mcount_addr = MCOUNT_ADDR;
-
 /*
  * ftrace_disabled is set when an anomaly is discovered.
  * ftrace_disabled is much stronger than ftrace_enabled.
@@ -178,6 +170,14 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ftrace_hash_lock);
 #define ftrace_hash_unlock(flags) do { } while(0)
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Since MCOUNT_ADDR may point to mcount itself, we do not want
+ * to get it confused by reading a reference in the code as we
+ * are parsing on objcopy output of text. Use a variable for
+ * it instead.
+ */
+static unsigned long mcount_addr = MCOUNT_ADDR;
+
 static struct task_struct *ftraced_task;
 
 enum {