diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 182fc95feb72de28a91a1b48a74bee279e938e43..a6b658b5b7aee7d40f0bdcefe20eb827224cbc69 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1948,6 +1948,10 @@ int register_kretprobe(struct kretprobe *rp)
 	if (!kprobe_on_func_entry(rp->kp.addr, rp->kp.symbol_name, rp->kp.offset))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* If only rp->kp.addr is specified, check reregistering kprobes */
+	if (rp->kp.addr && check_kprobe_rereg(&rp->kp))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (kretprobe_blacklist_size) {
 		addr = kprobe_addr(&rp->kp);
 		if (IS_ERR(addr))