diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c
index 0673bf4d58e6..90d41b22c5c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ int arch_check_optimized_kprobe(struct optimized_kprobe *op)
 
 	for (i = 1; i < op->optinsn.size; i++) {
 		p = get_kprobe(op->kp.addr + i);
-		if (p && !kprobe_disabled(p))
+		if (p && !kprobe_disarmed(p))
 			return -EEXIST;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kprobes.h b/include/linux/kprobes.h
index 08c2f96c8d5b..0be024dffa0c 100644
--- a/include/linux/kprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/kprobes.h
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ extern int proc_kprobes_optimization_handler(struct ctl_table *table,
 #endif
 extern void wait_for_kprobe_optimizer(void);
 bool optprobe_queued_unopt(struct optimized_kprobe *op);
+bool kprobe_disarmed(struct kprobe *p);
 #else
 static inline void wait_for_kprobe_optimizer(void) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_OPTPROBES */
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index c1a83d64d24a..aecf4342f67c 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ static inline int kprobe_optready(struct kprobe *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Return true(!0) if the kprobe is disarmed. Note: p must be on hash list */
-static inline int kprobe_disarmed(struct kprobe *p)
+/* Return true if the kprobe is disarmed. Note: p must be on hash list */
+bool kprobe_disarmed(struct kprobe *p)
 {
 	struct optimized_kprobe *op;