diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 86a23e7de031..ee7b5a0bb9f8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ find_syscall_meta(unsigned long syscall)
 	stop = __stop_syscalls_metadata;
 	kallsyms_lookup(syscall, NULL, NULL, NULL, str);
 
+	if (arch_syscall_match_sym_name(str, "sys_ni_syscall"))
+		return NULL;
+
 	for ( ; start < stop; start++) {
 		if ((*start)->name && arch_syscall_match_sym_name(str, (*start)->name))
 			return *start;