diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
index 9453815138fa..5de9f4a9c3fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -337,6 +337,9 @@ static void __kprobes arch_copy_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 
 int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 {
+	if (alternatives_text_reserved(p->addr, p->addr))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (!can_probe((unsigned long)p->addr))
 		return -EILSEQ;
 	/* insn: must be on special executable page on x86. */
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 9907a03c29f6..c3340e836c37 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/kdebug.h>
 #include <linux/memory.h>
+#include <linux/ftrace.h>
 
 #include <asm-generic/sections.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
@@ -703,7 +704,8 @@ int __kprobes register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 
 	preempt_disable();
 	if (!kernel_text_address((unsigned long) p->addr) ||
-	    in_kprobes_functions((unsigned long) p->addr)) {
+	    in_kprobes_functions((unsigned long) p->addr) ||
+	    ftrace_text_reserved(p->addr, p->addr)) {
 		preempt_enable();
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}