diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
index cf5509f13dd5..dba90ec0dc38 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -25,12 +25,16 @@
 #define MCOUNT_OFFSET_INSNS 4
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
+
 /* Arch override because MIPS doesn't need to run this from stop_machine() */
 void arch_ftrace_update_code(int command)
 {
 	ftrace_modify_all_code(command);
 }
 
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Check if the address is in kernel space
  *