diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 317d5ccb5191..864af10bb1b9 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1102,6 +1102,7 @@ config LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
 	bool "Dead code and data elimination (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
 	depends on EXPERT
+	depends on !(FUNCTION_TRACER && CC_IS_GCC && GCC_VERSION < 40800)
 	depends on $(cc-option,-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections)
 	depends on $(ld-option,--gc-sections)
 	help