diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 00077a57b746..84286d347cd8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -3644,7 +3644,7 @@ ftrace_match_record(struct dyn_ftrace *rec, struct ftrace_glob *func_g,
 				return 0;
 		}
 
-		if (mod_matches && exclude_mod)
+		if (exclude_mod)
 			return 0;
 
 func_match: