diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 3e7f12009e9e..911c77ef5bbc 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -2122,6 +2122,10 @@ int register_kretprobe(struct kretprobe *rp)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* If only rp->kp.addr is specified, check reregistering kprobes */
+	if (rp->kp.addr && check_kprobe_rereg(&rp->kp))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (kretprobe_blacklist_size) {
 		addr = kprobe_addr(&rp->kp);
 		if (IS_ERR(addr))