diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 0b90364d1a2c..02d2de9d08ba 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -2599,6 +2599,13 @@ ftrace_graph_probe_sched_switch(struct rq *__rq, struct task_struct *prev,
 	unsigned long long timestamp;
 	int index;
 
+	/*
+	 * Does the user want to count the time a function was asleep.
+	 * If so, do not update the time stamps.
+	 */
+	if (trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_SLEEP_TIME)
+		return;
+
 	timestamp = trace_clock_local();
 
 	prev->ftrace_timestamp = timestamp;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index f0e1337b1ebd..67c6a21dd427 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(trace_wait);
 
 /* trace_flags holds trace_options default values */
 unsigned long trace_flags = TRACE_ITER_PRINT_PARENT | TRACE_ITER_PRINTK |
-	TRACE_ITER_ANNOTATE | TRACE_ITER_CONTEXT_INFO;
+	TRACE_ITER_ANNOTATE | TRACE_ITER_CONTEXT_INFO | TRACE_ITER_SLEEP_TIME;
 
 /**
  * trace_wake_up - wake up tasks waiting for trace input
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ static const char *trace_options[] = {
 	"context-info",
 	"latency-format",
 	"global-clock",
+	"sleep-time",
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 7cfb741be200..d7410bbb9a80 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -683,6 +683,7 @@ enum trace_iterator_flags {
 	TRACE_ITER_CONTEXT_INFO		= 0x20000, /* Print pid/cpu/time */
 	TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT		= 0x40000,
 	TRACE_ITER_GLOBAL_CLK		= 0x80000,
+	TRACE_ITER_SLEEP_TIME		= 0x100000,
 };
 
 /*