diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/misc.c
index c15cac9251b91fadb307e50dbb114fb2e46aa1ed..e69ec12cbbe649933cdd8f64b80af7840b297f33 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ void __stack_chk_fail(void)
 	error("stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted\n");
 }
 
+/* Needed because vmlinux.lds.h references this */
+void ftrace_stub(void)
+{
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SUPERH64
 #define stackalign	8
 #else
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index dae64600ccbffe9d006164de3243bbe284e638a5..0f358be551cd974ae9939d2b792953216d8d7dc4 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -111,18 +111,29 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
 #ifdef CC_USING_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
+/*
+ * Need to also make ftrace_graph_stub point to ftrace_stub
+ * so that the same stub location may have different protocols
+ * and not mess up with C verifiers.
+ */
 #define MCOUNT_REC()	. = ALIGN(8);				\
 			__start_mcount_loc = .;			\
 			KEEP(*(__patchable_function_entries))	\
-			__stop_mcount_loc = .;
+			__stop_mcount_loc = .;			\
+			ftrace_graph_stub = ftrace_stub;
 #else
 #define MCOUNT_REC()	. = ALIGN(8);				\
 			__start_mcount_loc = .;			\
 			KEEP(*(__mcount_loc))			\
-			__stop_mcount_loc = .;
+			__stop_mcount_loc = .;			\
+			ftrace_graph_stub = ftrace_stub;
 #endif
 #else
-#define MCOUNT_REC()
+# ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
+#  define MCOUNT_REC()	ftrace_graph_stub = ftrace_stub;
+# else
+#  define MCOUNT_REC()
+# endif
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
diff --git a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
index 7950a0356042a3f71026298dd4de563cd5180d4c..fa3ce10d0405d7234b5bc9de724ee20047e671f4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
@@ -332,9 +332,14 @@ int ftrace_graph_entry_stub(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Simply points to ftrace_stub, but with the proper protocol.
+ * Defined by the linker script in linux/vmlinux.lds.h
+ */
+extern void ftrace_graph_stub(struct ftrace_graph_ret *);
+
 /* The callbacks that hook a function */
-trace_func_graph_ret_t ftrace_graph_return =
-			(trace_func_graph_ret_t)ftrace_stub;
+trace_func_graph_ret_t ftrace_graph_return = ftrace_graph_stub;
 trace_func_graph_ent_t ftrace_graph_entry = ftrace_graph_entry_stub;
 static trace_func_graph_ent_t __ftrace_graph_entry = ftrace_graph_entry_stub;
 
@@ -614,7 +619,7 @@ void unregister_ftrace_graph(struct fgraph_ops *gops)
 		goto out;
 
 	ftrace_graph_active--;
-	ftrace_graph_return = (trace_func_graph_ret_t)ftrace_stub;
+	ftrace_graph_return = ftrace_graph_stub;
 	ftrace_graph_entry = ftrace_graph_entry_stub;
 	__ftrace_graph_entry = ftrace_graph_entry_stub;
 	ftrace_shutdown(&graph_ops, FTRACE_STOP_FUNC_RET);