diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
index 69ebf3c2f1b5..78af97163147 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ int trace_graph_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace)
 	if (trace_recursion_test(TRACE_GRAPH_NOTRACE_BIT))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Do not trace a function if it's filtered by set_graph_notrace.
+	 * Make the index of ret stack negative to indicate that it should
+	 * ignore further functions.  But it needs its own ret stack entry
+	 * to recover the original index in order to continue tracing after
+	 * returning from the function.
+	 */
 	if (ftrace_graph_notrace_addr(trace->func)) {
 		trace_recursion_set(TRACE_GRAPH_NOTRACE_BIT);
 		/*
@@ -155,16 +162,6 @@ int trace_graph_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace)
 	if (ftrace_graph_ignore_irqs())
 		return 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * Do not trace a function if it's filtered by set_graph_notrace.
-	 * Make the index of ret stack negative to indicate that it should
-	 * ignore further functions.  But it needs its own ret stack entry
-	 * to recover the original index in order to continue tracing after
-	 * returning from the function.
-	 */
-	if (ftrace_graph_notrace_addr(trace->func))
-		return 1;
-
 	/*
 	 * Stop here if tracing_threshold is set. We only write function return
 	 * events to the ring buffer.