diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
index 29f2654..031cc56 100644
--- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -631,6 +631,11 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracepoint_iter_reset);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+bool trace_module_has_bad_taint(struct module *mod)
+{
+	return mod->taints & ~((1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE) | (1 << TAINT_CRAP));
+}
+
 static int tracepoint_module_coming(struct module *mod)
 {
 	struct tp_module *tp_mod, *iter;
@@ -641,7 +646,7 @@
 	 * module headers (for forced load), to make sure we don't cause a crash.
 	 * Staging and out-of-tree GPL modules are fine.
 	 */
-	if (mod->taints & ~((1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE) | (1 << TAINT_CRAP)))
+	if (trace_module_has_bad_taint(mod))
 		return 0;
 	mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
 	tp_mod = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tp_module), GFP_KERNEL);