diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index d8d6b4fd9a14..2ef504700e8d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -246,8 +246,12 @@ int ftrace_init_nop(struct module *mod, struct dyn_ftrace *rec)
 		/* Expected sequence: 'mflr r0', ['std r0,16(r1)'], 'bl _mcount' */
 		ret = ftrace_read_inst(ip - 4, &old);
 		if (!ret && !ppc_inst_equal(old, ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_MFLR(_R0)))) {
+			/* Gcc v5.x emit the additional 'std' instruction, gcc v6.x don't */
 			ret = ftrace_validate_inst(ip - 8, ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_MFLR(_R0)));
-			ret |= ftrace_validate_inst(ip - 4, ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_STD(_R0, _R1, 16)));
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+			ret = ftrace_modify_code(ip - 4, ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_STD(_R0, _R1, 16)),
+						 ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_NOP()));
 		}
 	} else {
 		return -EINVAL;