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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index fe0546fbac8e..719517265d39 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static inline int ftrace_modify_code(unsigned long ip, ppc_inst_t old, ppc_inst_
{
int ret = ftrace_validate_inst(ip, old);
- if (!ret)
+ if (!ret && !ppc_inst_equal(old, new))
ret = patch_instruction((u32 *)ip, new);
return ret;