diff --git a/include/linux/kprobes.h b/include/linux/kprobes.h
index 177bdf6c6aeb082369280b61d4167c60ca33c9e4..47e4da5b4fa29a71a21ceb988ce715dd7a478f47 100644
--- a/include/linux/kprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/kprobes.h
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ extern void show_registers(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void kprobes_inc_nmissed_count(struct kprobe *p);
 extern bool arch_within_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long addr);
 extern bool arch_function_offset_within_entry(unsigned long offset);
+extern bool function_offset_within_entry(kprobe_opcode_t *addr, const char *sym, unsigned long offset);
 
 extern bool within_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long addr);
 
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 4780ec23603539396e9e27ad3577a075bd995814..d733479a10eeebc79250cf3905437a082b7300c9 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1391,21 +1391,19 @@ bool within_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long addr)
  * This returns encoded errors if it fails to look up symbol or invalid
  * combination of parameters.
  */
-static kprobe_opcode_t *kprobe_addr(struct kprobe *p)
+static kprobe_opcode_t *_kprobe_addr(kprobe_opcode_t *addr,
+			const char *symbol_name, unsigned int offset)
 {
-	kprobe_opcode_t *addr = p->addr;
-
-	if ((p->symbol_name && p->addr) ||
-	    (!p->symbol_name && !p->addr))
+	if ((symbol_name && addr) || (!symbol_name && !addr))
 		goto invalid;
 
-	if (p->symbol_name) {
-		kprobe_lookup_name(p->symbol_name, addr);
+	if (symbol_name) {
+		kprobe_lookup_name(symbol_name, addr);
 		if (!addr)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 	}
 
-	addr = (kprobe_opcode_t *)(((char *)addr) + p->offset);
+	addr = (kprobe_opcode_t *)(((char *)addr) + offset);
 	if (addr)
 		return addr;
 
@@ -1413,6 +1411,11 @@ static kprobe_opcode_t *kprobe_addr(struct kprobe *p)
 	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
 
+static kprobe_opcode_t *kprobe_addr(struct kprobe *p)
+{
+	return _kprobe_addr(p->addr, p->symbol_name, p->offset);
+}
+
 /* Check passed kprobe is valid and return kprobe in kprobe_table. */
 static struct kprobe *__get_valid_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 {
@@ -1881,19 +1884,28 @@ bool __weak arch_function_offset_within_entry(unsigned long offset)
 	return !offset;
 }
 
+bool function_offset_within_entry(kprobe_opcode_t *addr, const char *sym, unsigned long offset)
+{
+	kprobe_opcode_t *kp_addr = _kprobe_addr(addr, sym, offset);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(kp_addr))
+		return false;
+
+	if (!kallsyms_lookup_size_offset((unsigned long)kp_addr, NULL, &offset) ||
+						!arch_function_offset_within_entry(offset))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 int register_kretprobe(struct kretprobe *rp)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct kretprobe_instance *inst;
 	int i;
 	void *addr;
-	unsigned long offset;
-
-	addr = kprobe_addr(&rp->kp);
-	if (!kallsyms_lookup_size_offset((unsigned long)addr, NULL, &offset))
-		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!arch_function_offset_within_entry(offset))
+	if (!function_offset_within_entry(rp->kp.addr, rp->kp.symbol_name, rp->kp.offset))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (kretprobe_blacklist_size) {
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 12fb540da0e5ec2367f6755b8a969cb1b3471b3e..013f4e7146d483d34e37180bbe4dce8375ff3ca6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ static int create_trace_kprobe(int argc, char **argv)
 			return ret;
 		}
 		if (offset && is_return &&
-		    !arch_function_offset_within_entry(offset)) {
+		    !function_offset_within_entry(NULL, symbol, offset)) {
 			pr_info("Given offset is not valid for return probe.\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}