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diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h
index 347b0cc68f07..1494cfa8639b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@
#define HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
+/*
+ * HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_RET_ADDR_PTR means that the architecture can provide a
+ * "return address pointer" which can be used to uniquely identify a return
+ * address which has been overwritten.
+ *
+ * On arm64 we use the address of the caller's frame record, which remains the
+ * same for the lifetime of the instrumented function, unlike the return
+ * address in the LR.
+ */
+#define HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_RET_ADDR_PTR
+
#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
#define ARCH_SUPPORTS_FTRACE_OPS 1
#else