diff --git a/include/linux/uprobes.h b/include/linux/uprobes.h
index 60beb5dc7977..50d2764d66a8 100644
--- a/include/linux/uprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/uprobes.h
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ struct uprobe_task {
 	unsigned int			depth;
 };
 
+struct return_instance {
+	struct uprobe		*uprobe;
+	unsigned long		func;
+	unsigned long		orig_ret_vaddr; /* original return address */
+	bool			chained;	/* true, if instance is nested */
+
+	struct return_instance	*next;		/* keep as stack */
+};
+
 struct xol_area;
 
 struct uprobes_state {
@@ -128,6 +137,7 @@ extern bool arch_uprobe_xol_was_trapped(struct task_struct *tsk);
 extern int  arch_uprobe_exception_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long val, void *data);
 extern void arch_uprobe_abort_xol(struct arch_uprobe *aup, struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern unsigned long arch_uretprobe_hijack_return_addr(unsigned long trampoline_vaddr, struct pt_regs *regs);
+extern bool arch_uretprobe_is_alive(struct return_instance *ret, struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern bool arch_uprobe_ignore(struct arch_uprobe *aup, struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void arch_uprobe_copy_ixol(struct page *page, unsigned long vaddr,
 					 void *src, unsigned long len);
diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 98e4d97b8c31..1c71b6242a7e 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -86,15 +86,6 @@ struct uprobe {
 	struct arch_uprobe	arch;
 };
 
-struct return_instance {
-	struct uprobe		*uprobe;
-	unsigned long		func;
-	unsigned long		orig_ret_vaddr; /* original return address */
-	bool			chained;	/* true, if instance is nested */
-
-	struct return_instance	*next;		/* keep as stack */
-};
-
 /*
  * Execute out of line area: anonymous executable mapping installed
  * by the probed task to execute the copy of the original instruction
@@ -1818,6 +1809,11 @@ bool __weak arch_uprobe_ignore(struct arch_uprobe *aup, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return false;
 }
 
+bool __weak arch_uretprobe_is_alive(struct return_instance *ret, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * Run handler and ask thread to singlestep.
  * Ensure all non-fatal signals cannot interrupt thread while it singlesteps.