diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index e3993d19687d..8657c9b1448e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@ create_local_trace_kprobe(char *func, void *addr, unsigned long offs,
 	int ret;
 	char *event;
 
-	if (func) {
+	if (func && !strchr(func, ':')) {
 		unsigned int count;
 
 		count = number_of_same_symbols(func);