diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index e0f1a8a6d85b..0c7aa47fb4d3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
 
 	ret = get_user(ch, ubuf++);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto fail;
 
 	read++;
 	cnt--;
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
 		while (cnt && isspace(ch)) {
 			ret = get_user(ch, ubuf++);
 			if (ret)
-				return ret;
+				goto fail;
 			read++;
 			cnt--;
 		}
@@ -1645,12 +1645,14 @@ int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
 	while (cnt && !isspace(ch) && ch) {
 		if (parser->idx < parser->size - 1)
 			parser->buffer[parser->idx++] = ch;
-		else
-			return -EINVAL;
+		else {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto fail;
+		}
 
 		ret = get_user(ch, ubuf++);
 		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+			goto fail;
 		read++;
 		cnt--;
 	}
@@ -1665,11 +1667,15 @@ int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
 		/* Make sure the parsed string always terminates with '\0'. */
 		parser->buffer[parser->idx] = 0;
 	} else {
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto fail;
 	}
 
 	*ppos += read;
 	return read;
+fail:
+	trace_parser_fail(parser);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* TODO add a seq_buf_to_buffer() */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index f47938d8401a..2f5558a097e9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1269,6 +1269,7 @@ bool ftrace_event_is_function(struct trace_event_call *call);
  */
 struct trace_parser {
 	bool		cont;
+	bool		fail;
 	char		*buffer;
 	unsigned	idx;
 	unsigned	size;
@@ -1276,7 +1277,7 @@ struct trace_parser {
 
 static inline bool trace_parser_loaded(struct trace_parser *parser)
 {
-	return (parser->idx != 0);
+	return !parser->fail && parser->idx != 0;
 }
 
 static inline bool trace_parser_cont(struct trace_parser *parser)
@@ -1290,6 +1291,11 @@ static inline void trace_parser_clear(struct trace_parser *parser)
 	parser->idx = 0;
 }
 
+static inline void trace_parser_fail(struct trace_parser *parser)
+{
+	parser->fail = true;
+}
+
 extern int trace_parser_get_init(struct trace_parser *parser, int size);
 extern void trace_parser_put(struct trace_parser *parser);
 extern int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,