diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h
index a536f66f84c6..bbf09c2021b9 100644
--- a/include/trace/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ static inline void ftrace_test_probe_##call(void)			\
 #define DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(call, proto, args, tstruct, assign, print)	\
 _TRACE_PERF_PROTO(call, PARAMS(proto));					\
 static const char print_fmt_##call[] = print;				\
-static struct ftrace_event_class __used event_class_##call = {		\
+static struct ftrace_event_class __used __refdata event_class_##call = { \
 	.system			= __stringify(TRACE_SYSTEM),		\
 	.define_fields		= ftrace_define_fields_##call,		\
 	.fields			= LIST_HEAD_INIT(event_class_##call.fields),\
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
index 4f6a91c1370c..d21a74670088 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ ftrace_define_fields_##name(struct ftrace_event_call *event_call)	\
 #define FTRACE_ENTRY_REG(call, struct_name, etype, tstruct, print, filter,\
 			 regfn)						\
 									\
-struct ftrace_event_class event_class_ftrace_##call = {			\
+struct ftrace_event_class __refdata event_class_ftrace_##call = {	\
 	.system			= __stringify(TRACE_SYSTEM),		\
 	.define_fields		= ftrace_define_fields_##call,		\
 	.fields			= LIST_HEAD_INIT(event_class_ftrace_##call.fields),\
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 00b5c3e6fbbe..1cd37ffb4093 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs = {
 	.trace		= print_syscall_exit,
 };
 
-struct ftrace_event_class event_class_syscall_enter = {
+struct ftrace_event_class __refdata event_class_syscall_enter = {
 	.system		= "syscalls",
 	.reg		= syscall_enter_register,
 	.define_fields	= syscall_enter_define_fields,
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ struct ftrace_event_class event_class_syscall_enter = {
 	.raw_init	= init_syscall_trace,
 };
 
-struct ftrace_event_class event_class_syscall_exit = {
+struct ftrace_event_class __refdata event_class_syscall_exit = {
 	.system		= "syscalls",
 	.reg		= syscall_exit_register,
 	.define_fields	= syscall_exit_define_fields,