diff --git a/lttng-context-prio.c b/lttng-context-prio.c
index ad1c42f..1ee3a54 100644
--- a/lttng-context-prio.c
+++ b/lttng-context-prio.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "ltt-events.h"
 #include "wrapper/ringbuffer/frontend_types.h"
 #include "wrapper/vmalloc.h"
+#include "wrapper/kallsyms.h"
 #include "ltt-tracer.h"
 
 static
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ int (*wrapper_task_prio_sym)(struct task_struct *t);
 
 int wrapper_task_prio_init(void)
 {
-	wrapper_task_prio_sym = (void *) kallsyms_lookup_name("task_prio");
+	wrapper_task_prio_sym = (void *) kallsyms_lookup_funcptr("task_prio");
 	if (!wrapper_task_prio_sym) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "LTTng: task_prio symbol lookup failed.\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/wrapper/ftrace.h b/wrapper/ftrace.h
index 9c18cc5..ace33c5 100644
--- a/wrapper/ftrace.h
+++ b/wrapper/ftrace.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
 
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include "kallsyms.h"
 
 static inline
 int wrapper_register_ftrace_function_probe(char *glob,
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ int wrapper_register_ftrace_function_probe(char *glob,
 	int (*register_ftrace_function_probe_sym)(char *glob,
 			struct ftrace_probe_ops *ops, void *data);
 
-	register_ftrace_function_probe_sym = (void *) kallsyms_lookup_name("register_ftrace_function_probe");
+	register_ftrace_function_probe_sym = (void *) kallsyms_lookup_funcptr("register_ftrace_function_probe");
 	if (register_ftrace_function_probe_sym) {
 		return register_ftrace_function_probe_sym(glob, ops, data);
 	} else {
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ void wrapper_unregister_ftrace_function_probe(char *glob,
 	void (*unregister_ftrace_function_probe_sym)(char *glob,
 			struct ftrace_probe_ops *ops, void *data);
 
-	unregister_ftrace_function_probe_sym = (void *) kallsyms_lookup_name("unregister_ftrace_function_probe");
+	unregister_ftrace_function_probe_sym = (void *) kallsyms_lookup_funcptr("unregister_ftrace_function_probe");
 	if (unregister_ftrace_function_probe_sym) {
 		unregister_ftrace_function_probe_sym(glob, ops, data);
 	} else {
diff --git a/wrapper/kallsyms.h b/wrapper/kallsyms.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb45f38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wrapper/kallsyms.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#ifndef _LTT_WRAPPER_KALLSYMS_H
+#define _LTT_WRAPPER_KALLSYMS_H
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Avik Sil (avik.sil@linaro.org)
+ *
+ * wrapper around kallsyms_lookup_name. Implements arch-dependent code for
+ * arches where the address of the start of the function body is different
+ * from the pointer which can be used to call the function, e.g. ARM THUMB2.
+ *
+ * Dual LGPL v2.1/GPL v2 license.
+ */
+
+static inline
+unsigned long kallsyms_lookup_funcptr(const char *name)
+{
+	unsigned long addr;
+
+	addr = kallsyms_lookup_name(name);
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM
+#ifdef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
+	if (addr)
+		addr |= 1; /* set bit 0 in address for thumb mode */
+#endif
+#endif
+	return addr;
+}
+#endif /* _LTT_WRAPPER_KALLSYMS_H */
diff --git a/wrapper/splice.c b/wrapper/splice.c
index edc499c..ba224ee 100644
--- a/wrapper/splice.c
+++ b/wrapper/splice.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/splice.h>
+#include "kallsyms.h"
 
 static
 ssize_t (*splice_to_pipe_sym)(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ ssize_t wrapper_splice_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 			       struct splice_pipe_desc *spd)
 {
 	if (!splice_to_pipe_sym)
-		splice_to_pipe_sym = (void *) kallsyms_lookup_name("splice_to_pipe");
+		splice_to_pipe_sym = (void *) kallsyms_lookup_funcptr("splice_to_pipe"); 
 	if (splice_to_pipe_sym) {
 		return splice_to_pipe_sym(pipe, spd);
 	} else {
diff --git a/wrapper/vmalloc.h b/wrapper/vmalloc.h
index 7d87855..765f2ad 100644
--- a/wrapper/vmalloc.h
+++ b/wrapper/vmalloc.h
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
 
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include "kallsyms.h"
 
 static inline
 void wrapper_vmalloc_sync_all(void)
 {
 	void (*vmalloc_sync_all_sym)(void);
 
-	vmalloc_sync_all_sym = (void *) kallsyms_lookup_name("vmalloc_sync_all");
+	vmalloc_sync_all_sym = (void *) kallsyms_lookup_funcptr("vmalloc_sync_all");
 	if (vmalloc_sync_all_sym) {
 		vmalloc_sync_all_sym();
 	} else {
