diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index eb3ce327b9753c83d9d71f7017a76ce1d15ef919..52da2a250795f3aefc3d2acc927a229f8a662d59 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ ssize_t ftrace_filter_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 			    size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos);
 ssize_t ftrace_notrace_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 			     size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos);
-loff_t ftrace_filter_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence);
 int ftrace_regex_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 
 void __init
@@ -569,6 +568,8 @@ static inline int
 ftrace_regex_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { return -ENODEV; }
 #endif /* CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
 
+loff_t ftrace_filter_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence);
+
 /* totally disable ftrace - can not re-enable after this */
 void ftrace_kill(void);
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index affc35d829cc94589930cffffc745fd550476916..2461ede45a8d92f562f170d6625aaed7c9012258 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1052,6 +1052,19 @@ static __init void ftrace_profile_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
 
 static struct pid * const ftrace_swapper_pid = &init_struct_pid;
 
+loff_t
+ftrace_filter_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
+{
+	loff_t ret;
+
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
+		ret = seq_lseek(file, offset, whence);
+	else
+		file->f_pos = ret = 1;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
@@ -2612,7 +2625,7 @@ static void ftrace_filter_reset(struct ftrace_hash *hash)
  * routine, you can use ftrace_filter_write() for the write
  * routine if @flag has FTRACE_ITER_FILTER set, or
  * ftrace_notrace_write() if @flag has FTRACE_ITER_NOTRACE set.
- * ftrace_regex_lseek() should be used as the lseek routine, and
+ * ftrace_filter_lseek() should be used as the lseek routine, and
  * release must call ftrace_regex_release().
  */
 int
@@ -2696,19 +2709,6 @@ ftrace_notrace_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 				 inode, file);
 }
 
-loff_t
-ftrace_filter_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
-{
-	loff_t ret;
-
-	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
-		ret = seq_lseek(file, offset, whence);
-	else
-		file->f_pos = ret = 1;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static int ftrace_match(char *str, char *regex, int len, int type)
 {
 	int matched = 0;