diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 29f5b65bee29321bbfef40396712e1960b9a5836..9788c0ec6f4378f19cd80e873d42a0aec7171548 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1673,8 +1673,12 @@ static int __kprobes pre_handler_kretprobe(struct kprobe *p,
 		ri->rp = rp;
 		ri->task = current;
 
-		if (rp->entry_handler && rp->entry_handler(ri, regs))
+		if (rp->entry_handler && rp->entry_handler(ri, regs)) {
+			raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rp->lock, flags);
+			hlist_add_head(&ri->hlist, &rp->free_instances);
+			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rp->lock, flags);
 			return 0;
+		}
 
 		arch_prepare_kretprobe(ri, regs);