diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c
index 37c59654c133..78054a41d134 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
@@ -118,6 +118,34 @@ umalloc(size_t size)
 	return addr;
 }
 
+static unsigned char ideal_nop5_x86_64[5] = { 0x0f, 0x1f, 0x44, 0x00, 0x00 };
+static unsigned char ideal_nop5_x86_32[5] = { 0x3e, 0x8d, 0x74, 0x26, 0x00 };
+static unsigned char *ideal_nop;
+
+static char rel_type_nop;
+
+static int (*make_nop)(void *map, size_t const offset);
+
+static int make_nop_x86(void *map, size_t const offset)
+{
+	uint32_t *ptr;
+	unsigned char *op;
+
+	/* Confirm we have 0xe8 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 */
+	ptr = map + offset;
+	if (*ptr != 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	op = map + offset - 1;
+	if (*op != 0xe8)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* convert to nop */
+	ulseek(fd_map, offset - 1, SEEK_SET);
+	uwrite(fd_map, ideal_nop, 5);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Get the whole file as a programming convenience in order to avoid
  * malloc+lseek+read+free of many pieces.  If successful, then mmap
@@ -301,7 +329,11 @@ do_file(char const *const fname)
 			w2(ehdr->e_machine), fname);
 		fail_file();
 		break;
-	case EM_386:	 reltype = R_386_32;                   break;
+	case EM_386:
+		reltype = R_386_32;
+		make_nop = make_nop_x86;
+		ideal_nop = ideal_nop5_x86_32;
+		break;
 	case EM_ARM:	 reltype = R_ARM_ABS32;
 			 altmcount = "__gnu_mcount_nc";
 			 break;
@@ -312,7 +344,11 @@ do_file(char const *const fname)
 	case EM_S390:    /* reltype: e_class    */ gpfx = '_'; break;
 	case EM_SH:	 reltype = R_SH_DIR32;                 break;
 	case EM_SPARCV9: reltype = R_SPARC_64;     gpfx = '_'; break;
-	case EM_X86_64:	 reltype = R_X86_64_64;                break;
+	case EM_X86_64:
+		make_nop = make_nop_x86;
+		ideal_nop = ideal_nop5_x86_64;
+		reltype = R_X86_64_64;
+		break;
 	}  /* end switch */
 
 	switch (ehdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS]) {
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.h b/scripts/recordmcount.h
index 7f8d5c4c780f..657dbedd1c7f 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.h
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #undef fn_is_fake_mcount
 #undef MIPS_is_fake_mcount
 #undef sift_rel_mcount
+#undef nop_mcount
 #undef find_secsym_ndx
 #undef __has_rel_mcount
 #undef has_rel_mcount
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
 #ifdef RECORD_MCOUNT_64
 # define append_func		append64
 # define sift_rel_mcount	sift64_rel_mcount
+# define nop_mcount		nop_mcount_64
 # define find_secsym_ndx	find64_secsym_ndx
 # define __has_rel_mcount	__has64_rel_mcount
 # define has_rel_mcount		has64_rel_mcount
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@
 #else
 # define append_func		append32
 # define sift_rel_mcount	sift32_rel_mcount
+# define nop_mcount		nop_mcount_32
 # define find_secsym_ndx	find32_secsym_ndx
 # define __has_rel_mcount	__has32_rel_mcount
 # define has_rel_mcount		has32_rel_mcount
@@ -304,6 +307,70 @@ static uint_t *sift_rel_mcount(uint_t *mlocp,
 	return mlocp;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Read the relocation table again, but this time its called on sections
+ * that are not going to be traced. The mcount calls here will be converted
+ * into nops.
+ */
+static void nop_mcount(Elf_Shdr const *const relhdr,
+		       Elf_Ehdr const *const ehdr)
+{
+	Elf_Shdr *const shdr0 = (Elf_Shdr *)(_w(ehdr->e_shoff)
+		+ (void *)ehdr);
+	unsigned const symsec_sh_link = w(relhdr->sh_link);
+	Elf_Shdr const *const symsec = &shdr0[symsec_sh_link];
+	Elf_Sym const *const sym0 = (Elf_Sym const *)(_w(symsec->sh_offset)
+		+ (void *)ehdr);
+
+	Elf_Shdr const *const strsec = &shdr0[w(symsec->sh_link)];
+	char const *const str0 = (char const *)(_w(strsec->sh_offset)
+		+ (void *)ehdr);
+
+	Elf_Rel const *const rel0 = (Elf_Rel const *)(_w(relhdr->sh_offset)
+		+ (void *)ehdr);
+	unsigned rel_entsize = _w(relhdr->sh_entsize);
+	unsigned const nrel = _w(relhdr->sh_size) / rel_entsize;
+	Elf_Rel const *relp = rel0;
+
+	Elf_Shdr const *const shdr = &shdr0[w(relhdr->sh_info)];
+
+	unsigned mcountsym = 0;
+	unsigned t;
+
+	for (t = nrel; t; --t) {
+		int ret = -1;
+
+		if (!mcountsym) {
+			Elf_Sym const *const symp =
+				&sym0[Elf_r_sym(relp)];
+			char const *symname = &str0[w(symp->st_name)];
+			char const *mcount = gpfx == '_' ? "_mcount" : "mcount";
+
+			if (symname[0] == '.')
+				++symname;  /* ppc64 hack */
+			if (strcmp(mcount, symname) == 0 ||
+			    (altmcount && strcmp(altmcount, symname) == 0))
+				mcountsym = Elf_r_sym(relp);
+		}
+
+		if (mcountsym == Elf_r_sym(relp) && !is_fake_mcount(relp))
+			ret = make_nop((void *)ehdr, shdr->sh_offset + relp->r_offset);
+
+		/*
+		 * If we successfully removed the mcount, mark the relocation
+		 * as a nop (don't do anything with it).
+		 */
+		if (!ret) {
+			Elf_Rel rel;
+			rel = *(Elf_Rel *)relp;
+			Elf_r_info(&rel, Elf_r_sym(relp), rel_type_nop);
+			ulseek(fd_map, (void *)relp - (void *)ehdr, SEEK_SET);
+			uwrite(fd_map, &rel, sizeof(rel));
+		}
+		relp = (Elf_Rel const *)(rel_entsize + (void *)relp);
+	}
+}
+
 
 /*
  * Find a symbol in the given section, to be used as the base for relocating
@@ -360,8 +427,7 @@ __has_rel_mcount(Elf_Shdr const *const relhdr,  /* is SHT_REL or SHT_RELA */
 		succeed_file();
 	}
 	if (w(txthdr->sh_type) != SHT_PROGBITS ||
-	    !(w(txthdr->sh_flags) & SHF_EXECINSTR) ||
-	    !is_mcounted_section_name(txtname))
+	    !(w(txthdr->sh_flags) & SHF_EXECINSTR))
 		return NULL;
 	return txtname;
 }
@@ -384,9 +450,11 @@ static unsigned tot_relsize(Elf_Shdr const *const shdr0,
 {
 	unsigned totrelsz = 0;
 	Elf_Shdr const *shdrp = shdr0;
+	char const *txtname;
 
 	for (; nhdr; --nhdr, ++shdrp) {
-		if (has_rel_mcount(shdrp, shdr0, shstrtab, fname))
+		txtname = has_rel_mcount(shdrp, shdr0, shstrtab, fname);
+		if (txtname && is_mcounted_section_name(txtname))
 			totrelsz += _w(shdrp->sh_size);
 	}
 	return totrelsz;
@@ -422,7 +490,7 @@ do_func(Elf_Ehdr *const ehdr, char const *const fname, unsigned const reltype)
 	for (relhdr = shdr0, k = nhdr; k; --k, ++relhdr) {
 		char const *const txtname = has_rel_mcount(relhdr, shdr0,
 			shstrtab, fname);
-		if (txtname) {
+		if (txtname && is_mcounted_section_name(txtname)) {
 			uint_t recval = 0;
 			unsigned const recsym = find_secsym_ndx(
 				w(relhdr->sh_info), txtname, &recval,
@@ -433,6 +501,12 @@ do_func(Elf_Ehdr *const ehdr, char const *const fname, unsigned const reltype)
 			mlocp = sift_rel_mcount(mlocp,
 				(void *)mlocp - (void *)mloc0, &mrelp,
 				relhdr, ehdr, recsym, recval, reltype);
+		} else if (make_nop && txtname) {
+			/*
+			 * This section is ignored by ftrace, but still
+			 * has mcount calls. Convert them to nops now.
+			 */
+			nop_mcount(relhdr, ehdr);
 		}
 	}
 	if (mloc0 != mlocp) {