diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index 3fec653d65334e9551c3e6c6e1f3437dc875cb51..c25a6cd6a52964f3e3b1a71b048415be6a7805ee 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+
+# Do not instrument the tracer itself:
+
+ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE
+ORIG_CFLAGS := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS = $(subst -pg,,$(ORIG_CFLAGS))
+endif
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_FTRACE) += libftrace.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace.o