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diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 1eb95209707..dd29ba43c34 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2380,6 +2380,12 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
"_ftrace_events",
sizeof(*mod->trace_events),
&mod->num_trace_events);
+ /*
+ * This section contains pointers to allocated objects in the trace
+ * code and not scanning it leads to false positives.
+ */
+ kmemleak_scan_area(mod->trace_events, sizeof(*mod->trace_events) *
+ mod->num_trace_events, GFP_KERNEL);
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
/* sechdrs[0].sh_size is always zero */