diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c
index 2e61b956e7f6..649890a3ac4e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ int ftrace_make_nop(struct module *mod, struct dyn_ftrace *rec,
 
 int __init ftrace_dyn_arch_init(void *data)
 {
+	*(unsigned long *)data = 0;
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */