diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index ed9352513c32..b902f9c89800 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1130,6 +1130,7 @@ config LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
 	bool "Dead code and data elimination (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
 	depends on EXPERT
+	depends on !(FUNCTION_TRACER && CC_IS_GCC && GCC_VERSION < 40800)
 	depends on $(cc-option,-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections)
 	depends on $(ld-option,--gc-sections)
 	help