diff --git a/include/linux/kprobes.h b/include/linux/kprobes.h
index e4f3bfe0875709ac3db32db6509e6aa20dcc7170..0b75549b2815629a40271ecfec2432a15a793670 100644
--- a/include/linux/kprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/kprobes.h
@@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ static inline void wait_for_kprobe_optimizer(void) { }
 extern void kprobe_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 				  struct ftrace_ops *ops, struct ftrace_regs *fregs);
 extern int arch_prepare_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p);
+#else
+static inline int arch_prepare_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
 #endif
 
 int arch_check_ftrace_location(struct kprobe *p);
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 26fc9904c3b142fbf0d4e767c38e49f1b0b8bbe1..cfa9d3c263eb320ab97cafd38a593565b347fbef 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1033,15 +1033,6 @@ static struct ftrace_ops kprobe_ipmodify_ops __read_mostly = {
 static int kprobe_ipmodify_enabled;
 static int kprobe_ftrace_enabled;
 
-/* Must ensure p->addr is really on ftrace */
-static int prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
-{
-	if (!kprobe_ftrace(p))
-		return arch_prepare_kprobe(p);
-
-	return arch_prepare_kprobe_ftrace(p);
-}
-
 /* Caller must lock kprobe_mutex */
 static int __arm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p, struct ftrace_ops *ops,
 			       int *cnt)
@@ -1113,11 +1104,6 @@ static int disarm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p)
 		ipmodify ? &kprobe_ipmodify_enabled : &kprobe_ftrace_enabled);
 }
 #else	/* !CONFIG_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE */
-static inline int prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
-{
-	return arch_prepare_kprobe(p);
-}
-
 static inline int arm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p)
 {
 	return -ENODEV;
@@ -1129,6 +1115,15 @@ static inline int disarm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p)
 }
 #endif
 
+static int prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
+{
+	/* Must ensure p->addr is really on ftrace */
+	if (kprobe_ftrace(p))
+		return arch_prepare_kprobe_ftrace(p);
+
+	return arch_prepare_kprobe(p);
+}
+
 /* Arm a kprobe with text_mutex */
 static int arm_kprobe(struct kprobe *kp)
 {