diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index c53aad5d7e5ee5ac560af67bc001ddadb86990dd..6dd5359e1f0e911103fcc935d8844d253a6ef073 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ void __kprobes recycle_rp_inst(struct kretprobe_instance *ri,
 
 void __kprobes kretprobe_hash_lock(struct task_struct *tsk,
 			 struct hlist_head **head, unsigned long *flags)
+__acquires(hlist_lock)
 {
 	unsigned long hash = hash_ptr(tsk, KPROBE_HASH_BITS);
 	spinlock_t *hlist_lock;
@@ -842,6 +843,7 @@ void __kprobes kretprobe_hash_lock(struct task_struct *tsk,
 
 static void __kprobes kretprobe_table_lock(unsigned long hash,
 	unsigned long *flags)
+__acquires(hlist_lock)
 {
 	spinlock_t *hlist_lock = kretprobe_table_lock_ptr(hash);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(hlist_lock, *flags);
@@ -849,6 +851,7 @@ static void __kprobes kretprobe_table_lock(unsigned long hash,
 
 void __kprobes kretprobe_hash_unlock(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	unsigned long *flags)
+__releases(hlist_lock)
 {
 	unsigned long hash = hash_ptr(tsk, KPROBE_HASH_BITS);
 	spinlock_t *hlist_lock;
@@ -859,6 +862,7 @@ void __kprobes kretprobe_hash_unlock(struct task_struct *tsk,
 
 static void __kprobes kretprobe_table_unlock(unsigned long hash,
        unsigned long *flags)
+__releases(hlist_lock)
 {
 	spinlock_t *hlist_lock = kretprobe_table_lock_ptr(hash);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(hlist_lock, *flags);