diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
index a99e764fd66a8a1875dad2e70893f0e7128f987e..34a591283f5d9e5fb602e8e5f93e3dd5a1a1615e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static int __kprobes kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
  * When a retprobed function returns, this code saves registers and
  * calls trampoline_handler() runs, which calls the kretprobe's handler.
  */
-void __kprobes kretprobe_trampoline_holder(void)
+static void __used __kprobes kretprobe_trampoline_holder(void)
 {
 	asm volatile (
 			".global kretprobe_trampoline\n"
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ void __kprobes kretprobe_trampoline_holder(void)
 /*
  * Called from kretprobe_trampoline
  */
-void * __kprobes trampoline_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
+static __used __kprobes void *trampoline_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct kretprobe_instance *ri = NULL;
 	struct hlist_head *head, empty_rp;