diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
index acb901b43ce4d23b8270ac96e097ac00c760d3c4..544bc2dfe4082ccddd5f5c1fde7b7b9004a59237 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
@@ -749,11 +749,16 @@ asm(
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(kretprobe_trampoline);
 STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(kretprobe_trampoline);
 
+static struct kprobe kretprobe_kprobe = {
+	.addr = (void *)kretprobe_trampoline,
+};
+
 /*
  * Called from kretprobe_trampoline
  */
 __visible __used void *trampoline_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb;
 	struct kretprobe_instance *ri = NULL;
 	struct hlist_head *head, empty_rp;
 	struct hlist_node *tmp;
@@ -763,6 +768,17 @@ __visible __used void *trampoline_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	void *frame_pointer;
 	bool skipped = false;
 
+	preempt_disable();
+
+	/*
+	 * Set a dummy kprobe for avoiding kretprobe recursion.
+	 * Since kretprobe never run in kprobe handler, kprobe must not
+	 * be running at this point.
+	 */
+	kcb = get_kprobe_ctlblk();
+	__this_cpu_write(current_kprobe, &kretprobe_kprobe);
+	kcb->kprobe_status = KPROBE_HIT_ACTIVE;
+
 	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&empty_rp);
 	kretprobe_hash_lock(current, &head, &flags);
 	/* fixup registers */
@@ -838,10 +854,9 @@ __visible __used void *trampoline_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		orig_ret_address = (unsigned long)ri->ret_addr;
 		if (ri->rp && ri->rp->handler) {
 			__this_cpu_write(current_kprobe, &ri->rp->kp);
-			get_kprobe_ctlblk()->kprobe_status = KPROBE_HIT_ACTIVE;
 			ri->ret_addr = correct_ret_addr;
 			ri->rp->handler(ri, regs);
-			__this_cpu_write(current_kprobe, NULL);
+			__this_cpu_write(current_kprobe, &kretprobe_kprobe);
 		}
 
 		recycle_rp_inst(ri, &empty_rp);
@@ -857,6 +872,9 @@ __visible __used void *trampoline_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	kretprobe_hash_unlock(current, &flags);
 
+	__this_cpu_write(current_kprobe, NULL);
+	preempt_enable();
+
 	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(ri, tmp, &empty_rp, hlist) {
 		hlist_del(&ri->hlist);
 		kfree(ri);