diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/inl.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/inl.go
index cab33f17f41..e9c36de639a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/inl.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/inl.go
@@ -138,17 +138,6 @@ func caninl(fn *Node) {
 		Fatalf("caninl on non-typechecked function %v", fn)
 	}
 
-	// Runtime package must not be instrumented.
-	// Instrument skips runtime package. However, some runtime code can be
-	// inlined into other packages and instrumented there. To avoid this,
-	// we disable inlining of runtime functions when instrumenting.
-	// The example that we observed is inlining of LockOSThread,
-	// which lead to false race reports on m contents.
-	if instrumenting && myimportpath == "runtime" {
-		reason = "instrumenting and is runtime function"
-		return
-	}
-
 	n := fn.Func.Nname
 	if n.Func.InlinabilityChecked() {
 		return
@@ -783,6 +772,16 @@ func mkinlcall1(n, fn *Node) *Node {
 		return n
 	}
 
+	if instrumenting && isRuntimePkg(fn.Sym.Pkg) {
+		// Runtime package must not be instrumented.
+		// Instrument skips runtime package. However, some runtime code can be
+		// inlined into other packages and instrumented there. To avoid this,
+		// we disable inlining of runtime functions when instrumenting.
+		// The example that we observed is inlining of LockOSThread,
+		// which lead to false race reports on m contents.
+		return n
+	}
+
 	if Debug_typecheckinl == 0 {
 		typecheckinl(fn)
 	}
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/main.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/main.go
index e72bdfa2d6b..b42966229da 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/main.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/main.go
@@ -290,17 +290,23 @@ func Main(archInit func(*Arch)) {
 
 	startProfile()
 
+	if flag_race && flag_msan {
+		log.Fatal("cannot use both -race and -msan")
+	}
+	if ispkgin(omit_pkgs) {
+		flag_race = false
+		flag_msan = false
+	}
 	if flag_race {
 		racepkg = types.NewPkg("runtime/race", "race")
 	}
 	if flag_msan {
 		msanpkg = types.NewPkg("runtime/msan", "msan")
 	}
-	if flag_race && flag_msan {
-		log.Fatal("cannot use both -race and -msan")
-	} else if flag_race || flag_msan {
+	if flag_race || flag_msan {
 		instrumenting = true
 	}
+
 	if compiling_runtime && Debug['N'] != 0 {
 		log.Fatal("cannot disable optimizations while compiling runtime")
 	}
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/racewalk.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/racewalk.go
index 11523f3de3e..f1f38f4572e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/racewalk.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/racewalk.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func ispkgin(pkgs []string) bool {
 }
 
 func instrument(fn *Node) {
-	if ispkgin(omit_pkgs) || fn.Func.Pragma&Norace != 0 {
+	if fn.Func.Pragma&Norace != 0 {
 		return
 	}