diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index c672040142e98..53a1af21d25ce 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -4420,7 +4420,7 @@ int ftrace_func_mapper_add_ip(struct ftrace_func_mapper *mapper,
  * @ip: The instruction pointer address to remove the data from
  *
  * Returns the data if it is found, otherwise NULL.
- * Note, if the data pointer is used as the data itself, (see 
+ * Note, if the data pointer is used as the data itself, (see
  * ftrace_func_mapper_find_ip(), then the return value may be meaningless,
  * if the data pointer was set to zero.
  */
@@ -5146,8 +5146,6 @@ int register_ftrace_direct(unsigned long ip, unsigned long addr)
 	__add_hash_entry(direct_functions, entry);
 
 	ret = ftrace_set_filter_ip(&direct_ops, ip, 0, 0);
-	if (ret)
-		remove_hash_entry(direct_functions, entry);
 
 	if (!ret && !(direct_ops.flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_ENABLED)) {
 		ret = register_ftrace_function(&direct_ops);
@@ -5156,6 +5154,7 @@ int register_ftrace_direct(unsigned long ip, unsigned long addr)
 	}
 
 	if (ret) {
+		remove_hash_entry(direct_functions, entry);
 		kfree(entry);
 		if (!direct->count) {
 			list_del_rcu(&direct->next);