diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 8378357..8c5adc0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/hash.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
 
@@ -88,18 +89,22 @@
 static int ftrace_set_func(unsigned long *array, int *idx, char *buffer);
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Traverse the ftrace_list, invoking all entries.  The reason that we
+ * can use rcu_dereference_raw() is that elements removed from this list
+ * are simply leaked, so there is no need to interact with a grace-period
+ * mechanism.  The rcu_dereference_raw() calls are needed to handle
+ * concurrent insertions into the ftrace_list.
+ *
+ * Silly Alpha and silly pointer-speculation compiler optimizations!
+ */
 static void ftrace_list_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip)
 {
-	struct ftrace_ops *op = ftrace_list;
-
-	/* in case someone actually ports this to alpha! */
-	read_barrier_depends();
+	struct ftrace_ops *op = rcu_dereference_raw(ftrace_list); /*see above*/
 
 	while (op != &ftrace_list_end) {
-		/* silly alpha */
-		read_barrier_depends();
 		op->func(ip, parent_ip);
-		op = op->next;
+		op = rcu_dereference_raw(op->next); /*see above*/
 	};
 }
 
@@ -154,8 +159,7 @@
 	 * the ops->next pointer is valid before another CPU sees
 	 * the ops pointer included into the ftrace_list.
 	 */
-	smp_wmb();
-	ftrace_list = ops;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(ftrace_list, ops);
 
 	if (ftrace_enabled) {
 		ftrace_func_t func;