diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index c3340e836c37bbb8c59abe4c09e856ae05383669..ccec774c716d82d631d291e8c8693fb3da307b55 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ static struct kprobe_blackpoint kprobe_blacklist[] = {
 	{"native_get_debugreg",},
 	{"irq_entries_start",},
 	{"common_interrupt",},
+	{"mcount",},	/* mcount can be called from everywhere */
 	{NULL}    /* Terminator */
 };