diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index 37b619185ec95..f15a4b76cbfcd 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/trace_recursion.h>
 #include <linux/trace_clock.h>
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
@@ -1015,7 +1016,20 @@ unsigned long ftrace_graph_ret_addr(struct task_struct *task, int *idx,
 extern int register_ftrace_graph(struct fgraph_ops *ops);
 extern void unregister_ftrace_graph(struct fgraph_ops *ops);
 
-extern bool ftrace_graph_is_dead(void);
+/**
+ * ftrace_graph_is_dead - returns true if ftrace_graph_stop() was called
+ *
+ * ftrace_graph_stop() is called when a severe error is detected in
+ * the function graph tracing. This function is called by the critical
+ * paths of function graph to keep those paths from doing any more harm.
+ */
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kill_ftrace_graph);
+
+static inline bool ftrace_graph_is_dead(void)
+{
+	return static_branch_unlikely(&kill_ftrace_graph);
+}
+
 extern void ftrace_graph_stop(void);
 
 /* The current handlers in use */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
index 19028e072cdb6..8f4fb328133ab 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  *
  * Highly modified by Steven Rostedt (VMware).
  */
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -23,24 +24,12 @@
 #define ASSIGN_OPS_HASH(opsname, val)
 #endif
 
-static bool kill_ftrace_graph;
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kill_ftrace_graph);
 int ftrace_graph_active;
 
 /* Both enabled by default (can be cleared by function_graph tracer flags */
 static bool fgraph_sleep_time = true;
 
-/**
- * ftrace_graph_is_dead - returns true if ftrace_graph_stop() was called
- *
- * ftrace_graph_stop() is called when a severe error is detected in
- * the function graph tracing. This function is called by the critical
- * paths of function graph to keep those paths from doing any more harm.
- */
-bool ftrace_graph_is_dead(void)
-{
-	return kill_ftrace_graph;
-}
-
 /**
  * ftrace_graph_stop - set to permanently disable function graph tracing
  *
@@ -51,7 +40,7 @@ bool ftrace_graph_is_dead(void)
  */
 void ftrace_graph_stop(void)
 {
-	kill_ftrace_graph = true;
+	static_branch_enable(&kill_ftrace_graph);
 }
 
 /* Add a function return address to the trace stack on thread info.*/