diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 393b6159ae92..d384848478b9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@ include arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks,)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-disable-warning,frame-address,)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -Os
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index 979e7bfbde7a..d0a1617b52b4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+# We are fully aware of the dangers of __builtin_return_address()
+FRAME_CFLAGS := $(call cc-disable-warning,frame-address)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(FRAME_CFLAGS)
+
 # Do not instrument the tracer itself:
 
 ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER