diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index d2f80ea..ca2433e 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@
 	    hrtimer.o rwsem.o nsproxy.o srcu.o semaphore.o \
 	    notifier.o ksysfs.o pm_qos_params.o sched_clock.o
 
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_sched.o = -pg -mno-spe
+
 ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE
-# Do not profile debug utilities
-ORIG_CFLAGS := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS = $(if $(filter-out lockdep% %debug,$(basename $(notdir $@))), \
-	$(ORIG_CFLAGS), \
-	$(subst -pg,,$(ORIG_CFLAGS)))
+# Do not trace debug files and internal ftrace files
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_lockdep.o = -pg
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_lockdep_proc.o = -pg
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_mutex-debug.o = -pg
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_rtmutex-debug.o = -pg
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_cgroup-debug.o = -pg
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_sched_clock.o = -pg
 endif
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK) += sysctl_check.o