diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c
index 42396a74405df03002001d8f972599fa827bb3bf..a68f03133df9bd30543c7d7190f6e2b8d285c628 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ is_mcounted_section_name(char const *const txtname)
 		strcmp(".sched.text",    txtname) == 0 ||
 		strcmp(".spinlock.text", txtname) == 0 ||
 		strcmp(".irqentry.text", txtname) == 0 ||
+		strcmp(".softirqentry.text", txtname) == 0 ||
 		strcmp(".kprobes.text", txtname) == 0 ||
 		strcmp(".text.unlikely", txtname) == 0;
 }
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index 96e2486a6fc479559eba03662317c82f802a0f43..2d48011bc36294b39602752c6141fe88075a0135 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ my %text_sections = (
      ".sched.text" => 1,
      ".spinlock.text" => 1,
      ".irqentry.text" => 1,
+     ".softirqentry.text" => 1,
      ".kprobes.text" => 1,
      ".text.unlikely" => 1,
 );