diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index e0cea282e0c..b58f43bec36 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ config NOP_TRACER
 
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
 	bool
-	select NOP_TRACER
 
 config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 	bool
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ config TRACING
 	select RING_BUFFER
 	select STACKTRACE
 	select TRACEPOINTS
+	select NOP_TRACER
 
 menu "Tracers"
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 7618c528756..4a39d24568c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1339,6 +1339,14 @@ void __init ftrace_init(void)
 }
 
 #else
+
+static int __init ftrace_nodyn_init(void)
+{
+	ftrace_enabled = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+device_initcall(ftrace_nodyn_init);
+
 # define ftrace_startup()		do { } while (0)
 # define ftrace_shutdown()		do { } while (0)
 # define ftrace_startup_sysctl()	do { } while (0)