diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index 14c9f87b9fc95d8eeb545b7fe29cccc171c9df47..961b389fe52fec5324910d5b85f6eb3b6749a43d 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -303,14 +303,12 @@ static void profile_discard_flip_buffers(void)
 	mutex_unlock(&profile_flip_mutex);
 }
 
-void profile_hits(int type, void *__pc, unsigned int nr_hits)
+static void do_profile_hits(int type, void *__pc, unsigned int nr_hits)
 {
 	unsigned long primary, secondary, flags, pc = (unsigned long)__pc;
 	int i, j, cpu;
 	struct profile_hit *hits;
 
-	if (prof_on != type || !prof_buffer)
-		return;
 	pc = min((pc - (unsigned long)_stext) >> prof_shift, prof_len - 1);
 	i = primary = (pc & (NR_PROFILE_GRP - 1)) << PROFILE_GRPSHIFT;
 	secondary = (~(pc << 1) & (NR_PROFILE_GRP - 1)) << PROFILE_GRPSHIFT;
@@ -417,16 +415,20 @@ out_free:
 #define profile_discard_flip_buffers()	do { } while (0)
 #define profile_cpu_callback		NULL
 
-void profile_hits(int type, void *__pc, unsigned int nr_hits)
+static void do_profile_hits(int type, void *__pc, unsigned int nr_hits)
 {
 	unsigned long pc;
-
-	if (prof_on != type || !prof_buffer)
-		return;
 	pc = ((unsigned long)__pc - (unsigned long)_stext) >> prof_shift;
 	atomic_add(nr_hits, &prof_buffer[min(pc, prof_len - 1)]);
 }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_SMP */
+
+void profile_hits(int type, void *__pc, unsigned int nr_hits)
+{
+	if (prof_on != type || !prof_buffer)
+		return;
+	do_profile_hits(type, __pc, nr_hits);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(profile_hits);
 
 void profile_tick(int type)