diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
index c70b3822013f..30c8ac24635d 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_rodata.o	:= n
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS :=
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_rodata_objcopy.o	:= \
-			--rename-section .text=.rodata,alloc,readonly,load
+			--rename-section .noinstr.text=.rodata,alloc,readonly,load
 targets += rodata.o rodata_objcopy.o
 $(obj)/rodata_objcopy.o: $(obj)/rodata.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.c
index 58d180af72cf..baacb876d1d9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 #include "lkdtm.h"
 
-void notrace lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing(void)
+void noinstr lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing(void)
 {
 	/* Does nothing. We just want an architecture agnostic "return". */
 }