diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 437a74a7524a7f592f669dbdc91a6c90503959ae..d190664f25ff3fa10dca29f37b483f08ad07eae1 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2326,6 +2326,18 @@ static void find_module_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
 	kmemleak_scan_area(mod->trace_events, sizeof(*mod->trace_events) *
 			   mod->num_trace_events, GFP_KERNEL);
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
+	mod->trace_bprintk_fmt_start = section_objs(info, "__trace_printk_fmt",
+					 sizeof(*mod->trace_bprintk_fmt_start),
+					 &mod->num_trace_bprintk_fmt);
+	/*
+	 * This section contains pointers to allocated objects in the trace
+	 * code and not scanning it leads to false positives.
+	 */
+	kmemleak_scan_area(mod->trace_bprintk_fmt_start,
+			   sizeof(*mod->trace_bprintk_fmt_start) *
+			   mod->num_trace_bprintk_fmt, GFP_KERNEL);
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
 	/* sechdrs[0].sh_size is always zero */
 	mod->ftrace_callsites = section_objs(info, "__mcount_loc",