diff --git a/kernel/rcutiny.c b/kernel/rcutiny.c
index 0fa061dfa55dbc4fb4fa59bebb5ea35daa41a1c1..590c8a82aa008e6679292799d081b0e41ad27d7e 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutiny.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutiny.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_irq_enter);
 /*
  * Test whether RCU thinks that the current CPU is idle.
  */
-bool __rcu_is_watching(void)
+bool notrace __rcu_is_watching(void)
 {
 	return rcu_dynticks_nesting;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 981d0c15a389eb559fdc54d4ba568f21e6214b2a..499bb2b2198cac1c3e24214f356eb023fda80729 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ void rcu_nmi_exit(void)
  * rcu_is_watching(), the caller of __rcu_is_watching() must have at
  * least disabled preemption.
  */
-bool __rcu_is_watching(void)
+bool notrace __rcu_is_watching(void)
 {
 	return atomic_read(this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks.dynticks)) & 0x1;
 }
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ bool __rcu_is_watching(void)
  * If the current CPU is in its idle loop and is neither in an interrupt
  * or NMI handler, return true.
  */
-bool rcu_is_watching(void)
+bool notrace rcu_is_watching(void)
 {
 	int ret;