diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/ftrace.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/ftrace.h
index 02fbc175142e..693c3839a7df 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/ftrace.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/ftrace.h
@@ -10,9 +10,19 @@
 #endif
 #define HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_RET_ADDR_PTR
 
+/*
+ * Clang prior to 13 had "mcount" instead of "_mcount":
+ * https://reviews.llvm.org/D98881
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC) || CONFIG_CLANG_VERSION >= 130000
+#define MCOUNT_NAME _mcount
+#else
+#define MCOUNT_NAME mcount
+#endif
+
 #define ARCH_SUPPORTS_FTRACE_OPS 1
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-void _mcount(void);
+void MCOUNT_NAME(void);
 static inline unsigned long ftrace_call_adjust(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	return addr;
@@ -33,7 +43,7 @@ struct dyn_arch_ftrace {
  * both auipc and jalr at the same time.
  */
 
-#define MCOUNT_ADDR		((unsigned long)_mcount)
+#define MCOUNT_ADDR		((unsigned long)MCOUNT_NAME)
 #define JALR_SIGN_MASK		(0x00000800)
 #define JALR_OFFSET_MASK	(0x00000fff)
 #define AUIPC_OFFSET_MASK	(0xfffff000)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/mcount.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/mcount.S
index 8a5593ff9ff3..6d462681c9c0 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/mcount.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/mcount.S
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
 
 ENTRY(ftrace_stub)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
-       .global _mcount
-       .set    _mcount, ftrace_stub
+       .global MCOUNT_NAME
+       .set    MCOUNT_NAME, ftrace_stub
 #endif
 	ret
 ENDPROC(ftrace_stub)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ENDPROC(return_to_handler)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
-ENTRY(_mcount)
+ENTRY(MCOUNT_NAME)
 	la	t4, ftrace_stub
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 	la	t0, ftrace_graph_return
@@ -124,6 +124,6 @@ do_trace:
 	jalr	t5
 	RESTORE_ABI_STATE
 	ret
-ENDPROC(_mcount)
+ENDPROC(MCOUNT_NAME)
 #endif
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(_mcount)
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(MCOUNT_NAME)
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index 857d5b70b1a9..4f84657f55c2 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ if ($arch eq "x86_64") {
     $mcount_regex = "^\\s*([0-9a-fA-F]+):.*\\s_mcount\$";
 } elsif ($arch eq "riscv") {
     $function_regex = "^([0-9a-fA-F]+)\\s+<([^.0-9][0-9a-zA-Z_\\.]+)>:";
-    $mcount_regex = "^\\s*([0-9a-fA-F]+):\\sR_RISCV_CALL(_PLT)?\\s_mcount\$";
+    $mcount_regex = "^\\s*([0-9a-fA-F]+):\\sR_RISCV_CALL(_PLT)?\\s_?mcount\$";
     $type = ".quad";
     $alignment = 2;
 } elsif ($arch eq "nds32") {