diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index 4936489f9ed8..6b232a2460c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -165,10 +165,12 @@ ftrace_special(unsigned long arg1, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3) { }
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
 extern void ftrace_init(void);
 extern void ftrace_init_module(unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end);
+extern void ftrace_release(void *start, unsigned long size);
 #else
 static inline void ftrace_init(void) { }
 static inline void
 ftrace_init_module(unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end) { }
+static inline void ftrace_release(void *start, unsigned long size) { }
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_FTRACE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 93538b696e3d..27f61f6b3cb9 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 /* These are for everybody (although not all archs will actually
    discard it in modules) */
-#define __init		__section(.init.text) __cold
+#define __init		__section(.init.text) __cold notrace
 #define __initdata	__section(.init.data)
 #define __initconst	__section(.init.rodata)
 #define __exitdata	__section(.exit.data)
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index d753fd9d83ec..7576c2d9462f 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1431,6 +1431,9 @@ static void free_module(struct module *mod)
 	/* Module unload stuff */
 	module_unload_free(mod);
 
+	/* release any pointers to mcount in this module */
+	ftrace_release(mod->module_core, mod->core_size);
+
 	/* This may be NULL, but that's OK */
 	module_free(mod, mod->module_init);
 	kfree(mod->args);
@@ -1839,6 +1842,7 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
 	struct module *mod;
 	long err = 0;
 	void *percpu = NULL, *ptr = NULL; /* Stops spurious gcc warning */
+	void *mseg;
 	struct exception_table_entry *extable;
 	mm_segment_t old_fs;
 
@@ -2190,10 +2194,9 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
 #endif
 	}
 
-	if (mcountindex) {
-		void *mseg = (void *)sechdrs[mcountindex].sh_addr;
-		ftrace_init_module(mseg, mseg + sechdrs[mcountindex].sh_size);
-	}
+	/* sechdrs[0].sh_size is always zero */
+	mseg = (void *)sechdrs[mcountindex].sh_addr;
+	ftrace_init_module(mseg, mseg + sechdrs[mcountindex].sh_size);
 
 	err = module_finalize(hdr, sechdrs, mod);
 	if (err < 0)
@@ -2264,6 +2267,7 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
  cleanup:
 	kobject_del(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
 	kobject_put(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
+	ftrace_release(mod->module_core, mod->core_size);
  free_unload:
 	module_unload_free(mod);
 	module_free(mod, mod->module_init);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 8affb6d00ec1..eadd0eaea9b6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -294,13 +294,37 @@ static inline void ftrace_del_hash(struct dyn_ftrace *node)
 
 static void ftrace_free_rec(struct dyn_ftrace *rec)
 {
-	/* no locking, only called from kstop_machine */
-
 	rec->ip = (unsigned long)ftrace_free_records;
 	ftrace_free_records = rec;
 	rec->flags |= FTRACE_FL_FREE;
 }
 
+void ftrace_release(void *start, unsigned long size)
+{
+	struct dyn_ftrace *rec;
+	struct ftrace_page *pg;
+	unsigned long s = (unsigned long)start;
+	unsigned long e = s + size;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!start)
+		return;
+
+	/* No interrupt should call this */
+	spin_lock(&ftrace_lock);
+
+	for (pg = ftrace_pages_start; pg; pg = pg->next) {
+		for (i = 0; i < pg->index; i++) {
+			rec = &pg->records[i];
+
+			if ((rec->ip >= s) && (rec->ip < e))
+				ftrace_free_rec(rec);
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
+
+}
+
 static struct dyn_ftrace *ftrace_alloc_dyn_node(unsigned long ip)
 {
 	struct dyn_ftrace *rec;
@@ -1527,7 +1551,9 @@ static int ftrace_convert_nops(unsigned long *start,
 	p = start;
 	while (p < end) {
 		addr = ftrace_call_adjust(*p++);
+		spin_lock(&ftrace_lock);
 		ftrace_record_ip(addr);
+		spin_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
 		ftrace_shutdown_replenish();
 	}
 
@@ -1541,6 +1567,8 @@ static int ftrace_convert_nops(unsigned long *start,
 
 void ftrace_init_module(unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end)
 {
+	if (start == end)
+		return;
 	ftrace_convert_nops(start, end);
 }