diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index d2272fff2f5913c506c986d608a54a0b2d016c58..ba7d361878aac3913a256d49262a989180d35f72 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -5054,8 +5054,12 @@ int ftrace_regex_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 		if (filter_hash) {
 			orig_hash = &iter->ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
-			if (iter->tr && !list_empty(&iter->tr->mod_trace))
-				iter->hash->flags |= FTRACE_HASH_FL_MOD;
+			if (iter->tr) {
+				if (list_empty(&iter->tr->mod_trace))
+					iter->hash->flags &= ~FTRACE_HASH_FL_MOD;
+				else
+					iter->hash->flags |= FTRACE_HASH_FL_MOD;
+			}
 		} else
 			orig_hash = &iter->ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;