diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index d94e1ea3b9fe..8e9663413b7f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -417,10 +417,6 @@ void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long *parent, unsigned long self_addr,
 	unsigned long return_hooker = (unsigned long)
 				&return_to_handler;
 
-	/* Nmi's are currently unsupported */
-	if (unlikely(in_nmi()))
-		return;
-
 	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&current->tracing_graph_pause)))
 		return;