diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
index d178834fe508443816ea4f96481c530a9517c977..390311c0f03d0dd6b1775ebc79526d67519176ec 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -525,6 +525,9 @@ void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long *parent, unsigned long self_addr)
 	struct ftrace_graph_ent trace;
 	unsigned long return_hooker = (unsigned long)&return_to_handler;
 
+	if (unlikely(ftrace_graph_is_dead()))
+		return;
+
 	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&current->tracing_graph_pause)))
 		return;