diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 10b8f23fab0f0..92669cd182a6d 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -351,4 +351,10 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect);
  */
 #define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))
 
+/* Ignore/forbid kprobes attach on very low level functions marked by this attribute: */
+#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
+# define __kprobes	__attribute__((__section__(".kprobes.text")))
+#else
+# define __kprobes
+#endif
 #endif /* __LINUX_COMPILER_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/kprobes.h b/include/linux/kprobes.h
index 4b6ef4d33cc26..ca1d27a0d6a66 100644
--- a/include/linux/kprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/kprobes.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
  *		<jkenisto@us.ibm.com>  and Prasanna S Panchamukhi
  *		<prasanna@in.ibm.com> added function-return probes.
  */
+#include <linux/compiler.h>	/* for __kprobes */
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
@@ -49,16 +50,11 @@
 #define KPROBE_REENTER		0x00000004
 #define KPROBE_HIT_SSDONE	0x00000008
 
-/* Attach to insert probes on any functions which should be ignored*/
-#define __kprobes	__attribute__((__section__(".kprobes.text")))
-
 #else /* CONFIG_KPROBES */
 typedef int kprobe_opcode_t;
 struct arch_specific_insn {
 	int dummy;
 };
-#define __kprobes
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_KPROBES */
 
 struct kprobe;