diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index 2f322c38bd4d..eb68f19192c6 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ struct tp_module {
 	unsigned int num_tracepoints;
 	struct tracepoint * const *tracepoints_ptrs;
 };
+bool trace_module_has_bad_taint(struct module *mod);
+#else
+static inline bool trace_module_has_bad_taint(struct module *mod)
+{
+	return false;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
 
 struct tracepoint_iter {
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 880073d0b946..44141d46b41d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -1376,6 +1376,16 @@ static void trace_module_add_events(struct module *mod)
 	struct ftrace_module_file_ops *file_ops = NULL;
 	struct ftrace_event_call **call, **start, **end;
 
+	if (!mod->num_trace_events)
+		return;
+
+	/* Don't add infrastructure for mods without tracepoints */
+	if (trace_module_has_bad_taint(mod)) {
+		pr_err("%s: module has bad taint, not creating trace events\n",
+		       mod->name);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	start = mod->trace_events;
 	end = mod->trace_events + mod->num_trace_events;
 
diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
index d96ba22dabfa..23d8560dbc56 100644
--- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -628,6 +628,11 @@ void tracepoint_iter_reset(struct tracepoint_iter *iter)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracepoint_iter_reset);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+bool trace_module_has_bad_taint(struct module *mod)
+{
+	return mod->taints & ~((1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE) | (1 << TAINT_CRAP));
+}
+
 static int tracepoint_module_coming(struct module *mod)
 {
 	struct tp_module *tp_mod, *iter;
@@ -638,7 +643,7 @@ static int tracepoint_module_coming(struct module *mod)
 	 * module headers (for forced load), to make sure we don't cause a crash.
 	 * Staging and out-of-tree GPL modules are fine.
 	 */
-	if (mod->taints & ~((1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE) | (1 << TAINT_CRAP)))
+	if (trace_module_has_bad_taint(mod))
 		return 0;
 	mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
 	tp_mod = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tp_module), GFP_KERNEL);