diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 3938e4670b89..51867a2e537f 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1884,6 +1884,10 @@ int register_kretprobe(struct kretprobe *rp)
 	int i;
 	void *addr;
 
+	/* If only rp->kp.addr is specified, check reregistering kprobes */
+	if (rp->kp.addr && check_kprobe_rereg(&rp->kp))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (kretprobe_blacklist_size) {
 		addr = kprobe_addr(&rp->kp);
 		if (IS_ERR(addr))