diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 02daa5918281ac18e5c0461d0eeaa743a4b667f2..e9a737451a7625c389ab401b2d158c2e159086f6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2173,10 +2173,12 @@ void tracing_reset_online_cpus(struct array_buffer *buf)
 }
 
 /* Must have trace_types_lock held */
-void tracing_reset_all_online_cpus(void)
+void tracing_reset_all_online_cpus_unlocked(void)
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(&trace_types_lock);
+
 	list_for_each_entry(tr, &ftrace_trace_arrays, list) {
 		if (!tr->clear_trace)
 			continue;
@@ -2188,6 +2190,13 @@ void tracing_reset_all_online_cpus(void)
 	}
 }
 
+void tracing_reset_all_online_cpus(void)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+	tracing_reset_all_online_cpus_unlocked();
+	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * The tgid_map array maps from pid to tgid; i.e. the value stored at index i
  * is the tgid last observed corresponding to pid=i.
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index b4fad43876347cc556919d68685226505a629029..cde3dd404050c75080b65f168a373f5e18ddda89 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ int tracing_is_enabled(void);
 void tracing_reset_online_cpus(struct array_buffer *buf);
 void tracing_reset_current(int cpu);
 void tracing_reset_all_online_cpus(void);
+void tracing_reset_all_online_cpus_unlocked(void);
 int tracing_open_generic(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 int tracing_open_generic_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 int tracing_open_file_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c b/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
index eb776cfb9a8ffdb40c6e553a061e67646c546a6d..36dff580c79af79c3322b7fdb90a7d1805447de8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ int dyn_event_release(int argc, char **argv, struct dyn_event_operations *type)
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
+	tracing_reset_all_online_cpus();
 	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ int dyn_events_release_all(struct dyn_event_operations *type)
 			break;
 	}
 out:
+	tracing_reset_all_online_cpus();
 	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index b2cfe99079fa901cb4f15868d12aa97768a6dde7..442c26d164ae13c06a11d2e7b37669697538562f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -2584,7 +2584,10 @@ static int probe_remove_event_call(struct trace_event_call *call)
 		 * TRACE_REG_UNREGISTER.
 		 */
 		if (file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED)
-			return -EBUSY;
+			goto busy;
+
+		if (file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_WAS_ENABLED)
+			tr->clear_trace = true;
 		/*
 		 * The do_for_each_event_file_safe() is
 		 * a double loop. After finding the call for this
@@ -2597,6 +2600,12 @@ static int probe_remove_event_call(struct trace_event_call *call)
 	__trace_remove_event_call(call);
 
 	return 0;
+ busy:
+	/* No need to clear the trace now */
+	list_for_each_entry(tr, &ftrace_trace_arrays, list) {
+		tr->clear_trace = false;
+	}
+	return -EBUSY;
 }
 
 /* Remove an event_call */
@@ -2664,7 +2673,7 @@ static void trace_module_remove_events(struct module *mod)
 	 * over from this module may be passed to the new module events and
 	 * unexpected results may occur.
 	 */
-	tracing_reset_all_online_cpus();
+	tracing_reset_all_online_cpus_unlocked();
 }
 
 static int trace_module_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
index 88109dc2dfa5599b02db1d17502042a5490236e3..9d236e12b5c60f93c39e9e9e9692b3f296736428 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
@@ -1364,7 +1364,6 @@ int synth_event_delete(const char *event_name)
 	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 
 	if (mod) {
-		mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 		/*
 		 * It is safest to reset the ring buffer if the module
 		 * being unloaded registered any events that were
@@ -1376,7 +1375,6 @@ int synth_event_delete(const char *event_name)
 		 * occur.
 		 */
 		tracing_reset_all_online_cpus();
-		mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 	}
 
 	return ret;