diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 6e34dc162fe1fc8bd57df5ae4d979ba005c3cd48..789cbec24e8135eda34ad829008a3de9b1d81100 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -221,10 +221,24 @@ static void update_global_ops(void)
 	 * registered callers.
 	 */
 	if (ftrace_global_list == &ftrace_list_end ||
-	    ftrace_global_list->next == &ftrace_list_end)
+	    ftrace_global_list->next == &ftrace_list_end) {
 		func = ftrace_global_list->func;
-	else
+		/*
+		 * As we are calling the function directly.
+		 * If it does not have recursion protection,
+		 * the function_trace_op needs to be updated
+		 * accordingly.
+		 */
+		if (ftrace_global_list->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE)
+			global_ops.flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE;
+		else
+			global_ops.flags &= ~FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE;
+	} else {
 		func = ftrace_global_list_func;
+		/* The list has its own recursion protection. */
+		global_ops.flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE;
+	}
+
 
 	/* If we filter on pids, update to use the pid function */
 	if (!list_empty(&ftrace_pids)) {