diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 7fe87c7ab1a8..5c701765da5b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1101,9 +1101,6 @@ struct ftrace_page {
 #define ENTRY_SIZE sizeof(struct dyn_ftrace)
 #define ENTRIES_PER_PAGE (PAGE_SIZE / ENTRY_SIZE)
 
-/* estimate from running different kernels */
-#define NR_TO_INIT		10000
-
 static struct ftrace_page	*ftrace_pages_start;
 static struct ftrace_page	*ftrace_pages;