diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index e0cea282e0c58e8f37c7a8aedadfdfd8452ac60c..b58f43bec3636e050bc6129d1fa58341aac1c946 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ config NOP_TRACER
 
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
 	bool
-	select NOP_TRACER
 
 config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 	bool
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ config TRACING
 	select RING_BUFFER
 	select STACKTRACE
 	select TRACEPOINTS
+	select NOP_TRACER
 
 menu "Tracers"