diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c
index 895c40e8679f..a50a2aa963ad 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static uint32_t (*w2)(uint16_t);
 static int
 is_mcounted_section_name(char const *const txtname)
 {
-	return strcmp(".text",           txtname) == 0 ||
+	return strncmp(".text",          txtname, 5) == 0 ||
 		strcmp(".init.text",     txtname) == 0 ||
 		strcmp(".ref.text",      txtname) == 0 ||
 		strcmp(".sched.text",    txtname) == 0 ||
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index f599031260d5..68841d01162c 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ my %text_sections = (
      ".text.unlikely" => 1,
 );
 
+# Acceptable section-prefixes to record.
+my %text_section_prefixes = (
+     ".text." => 1,
+);
+
 # Note: we are nice to C-programmers here, thus we skip the '||='-idiom.
 $objdump = 'objdump' if (!$objdump);
 $objcopy = 'objcopy' if (!$objcopy);
@@ -519,6 +524,14 @@ while (<IN>) {
 
 	# Only record text sections that we know are safe
 	$read_function = defined($text_sections{$1});
+	if (!$read_function) {
+	    foreach my $prefix (keys %text_section_prefixes) {
+	        if (substr($1, 0, length $prefix) eq $prefix) {
+	            $read_function = 1;
+	            last;
+	        }
+	    }
+	}
 	# print out any recorded offsets
 	update_funcs();