diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index edfc27ed7eca..1dbb31462472 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bde66c3f45d777082a0df01e64870f47ba2a5055
+refs/heads/master: df2ccb69454d022ce99e3a3b7ee7f9fb4a4e9563
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/recordmcount.h b/trunk/scripts/recordmcount.h
index ac7b3303cb31..7f8d5c4c780f 100644
--- a/trunk/scripts/recordmcount.h
+++ b/trunk/scripts/recordmcount.h
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ __has_rel_mcount(Elf_Shdr const *const relhdr,  /* is SHT_REL or SHT_RELA */
 		succeed_file();
 	}
 	if (w(txthdr->sh_type) != SHT_PROGBITS ||
+	    !(w(txthdr->sh_flags) & SHF_EXECINSTR) ||
 	    !is_mcounted_section_name(txtname))
 		return NULL;
 	return txtname;