diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
index 9b27b293a9226903c81529a4f01aee64a7f07d23..b0ded97ee4e11148cd436809aaab2c36c106893a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ ftrace_modify_code(unsigned long ip, unsigned int old, unsigned int new)
  */
 static int test_24bit_addr(unsigned long ip, unsigned long addr)
 {
+	addr = ppc_function_entry((void *)addr);
 
 	/* use the create_branch to verify that this offset can be branched */
 	return create_branch((unsigned int *)ip, addr, 0);