diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index a34a4fcdab7b..e3993d19687d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -714,14 +714,31 @@ static int count_symbols(void *data, unsigned long unused)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct sym_count_ctx {
+	unsigned int count;
+	const char *name;
+};
+
+static int count_mod_symbols(void *data, const char *name,
+			     struct module *module, unsigned long unused)
+{
+	struct sym_count_ctx *ctx = data;
+
+	if (strcmp(name, ctx->name) == 0)
+		ctx->count++;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static unsigned int number_of_same_symbols(char *func_name)
 {
-	unsigned int count;
+	struct sym_count_ctx ctx = { .count = 0, .name = func_name };
 
-	count = 0;
-	kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol(count_symbols, func_name, &count);
+	kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol(count_symbols, func_name, &ctx.count);
 
-	return count;
+	module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(count_mod_symbols, &ctx);
+
+	return ctx.count;
 }
 
 static int __trace_kprobe_create(int argc, const char *argv[])