diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
index 29f26540e9c9..0d4ef26574ff 100644
--- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -636,6 +636,9 @@ static int tracepoint_module_coming(struct module *mod)
 	struct tp_module *tp_mod, *iter;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (!mod->num_tracepoints)
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * We skip modules that taint the kernel, especially those with different
 	 * module headers (for forced load), to make sure we don't cause a crash.
@@ -679,6 +682,9 @@ static int tracepoint_module_going(struct module *mod)
 {
 	struct tp_module *pos;
 
+	if (!mod->num_tracepoints)
+		return 0;
+
 	mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
 	tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod->tracepoints_ptrs,
 		mod->tracepoints_ptrs + mod->num_tracepoints);