diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index d733479..7367e0e 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -58,15 +58,6 @@
 #define KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE (1 << KPROBE_HASH_BITS)
 
 
-/*
- * Some oddball architectures like 64bit powerpc have function descriptors
- * so this must be overridable.
- */
-#ifndef kprobe_lookup_name
-#define kprobe_lookup_name(name, addr) \
-	addr = ((kprobe_opcode_t *)(kallsyms_lookup_name(name)))
-#endif
-
 static int kprobes_initialized;
 static struct hlist_head kprobe_table[KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE];
 static struct hlist_head kretprobe_inst_table[KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE];
@@ -81,6 +72,12 @@ static struct {
 	raw_spinlock_t lock ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 } kretprobe_table_locks[KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE];
 
+kprobe_opcode_t * __weak kprobe_lookup_name(const char *name,
+					unsigned int __unused)
+{
+	return ((kprobe_opcode_t *)(kallsyms_lookup_name(name)));
+}
+
 static raw_spinlock_t *kretprobe_table_lock_ptr(unsigned long hash)
 {
 	return &(kretprobe_table_locks[hash].lock);
@@ -746,13 +743,20 @@ static void kill_optimized_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 	arch_remove_optimized_kprobe(op);
 }
 
+static inline
+void __prepare_optimized_kprobe(struct optimized_kprobe *op, struct kprobe *p)
+{
+	if (!kprobe_ftrace(p))
+		arch_prepare_optimized_kprobe(op, p);
+}
+
 /* Try to prepare optimized instructions */
 static void prepare_optimized_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 {
 	struct optimized_kprobe *op;
 
 	op = container_of(p, struct optimized_kprobe, kp);
-	arch_prepare_optimized_kprobe(op, p);
+	__prepare_optimized_kprobe(op, p);
 }
 
 /* Allocate new optimized_kprobe and try to prepare optimized instructions */
@@ -766,7 +770,7 @@ static struct kprobe *alloc_aggr_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&op->list);
 	op->kp.addr = p->addr;
-	arch_prepare_optimized_kprobe(op, p);
+	__prepare_optimized_kprobe(op, p);
 
 	return &op->kp;
 }
@@ -1398,7 +1402,7 @@ static kprobe_opcode_t *_kprobe_addr(kprobe_opcode_t *addr,
 		goto invalid;
 
 	if (symbol_name) {
-		kprobe_lookup_name(symbol_name, addr);
+		addr = kprobe_lookup_name(symbol_name, offset);
 		if (!addr)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 	}
@@ -2218,8 +2222,8 @@ static int __init init_kprobes(void)
 	if (kretprobe_blacklist_size) {
 		/* lookup the function address from its name */
 		for (i = 0; kretprobe_blacklist[i].name != NULL; i++) {
-			kprobe_lookup_name(kretprobe_blacklist[i].name,
-					   kretprobe_blacklist[i].addr);
+			kretprobe_blacklist[i].addr =
+				kprobe_lookup_name(kretprobe_blacklist[i].name, 0);
 			if (!kretprobe_blacklist[i].addr)
 				printk("kretprobe: lookup failed: %s\n",
 				       kretprobe_blacklist[i].name);