diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 68a6f78f6862710eade1fd1f5b705ccd61b4def7..4fa8e8f3c76538b794e2780bca40e99225078c5a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -8036,6 +8036,9 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
 
 	register_tracer(&nop_trace);
 
+	/* Function tracing may start here (via kernel command line) */
+	init_function_trace();
+
 	/* All seems OK, enable tracing */
 	tracing_disabled = 0;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index ae1cce91fead25a065899109e426a6cc1e597d28..571acee52a325e520726fd3670313feca21e6bb8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -896,6 +896,7 @@ int using_ftrace_ops_list_func(void);
 void ftrace_init_tracefs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer);
 void ftrace_init_tracefs_toplevel(struct trace_array *tr,
 				  struct dentry *d_tracer);
+int init_function_trace(void);
 #else
 static inline int ftrace_trace_task(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
@@ -914,6 +915,7 @@ ftrace_init_global_array_ops(struct trace_array *tr) { }
 static inline void ftrace_reset_array_ops(struct trace_array *tr) { }
 static inline void ftrace_init_tracefs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d) { }
 static inline void ftrace_init_tracefs_toplevel(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d) { }
+static inline int init_function_trace(void) { return 0; }
 /* ftace_func_t type is not defined, use macro instead of static inline */
 #define ftrace_init_array_ops(tr, func) do { } while (0)
 #endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
index 0efa00d80623db3de438a5233a8ee6f84fae65ed..4199ca61b0e5823e1169450a6cd66cde78a04bdd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
@@ -687,9 +687,8 @@ static inline int init_func_cmd_traceon(void)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
 
-static __init int init_function_trace(void)
+__init int init_function_trace(void)
 {
 	init_func_cmd_traceon();
 	return register_tracer(&function_trace);
 }
-core_initcall(init_function_trace);