diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 3165b7f840e6..421530831ddd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -3255,7 +3255,7 @@ static void *t_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 	}
 
 	if (!p)
-		return t_hash_start(m, pos);
+		return NULL;
 
 	return iter;
 }