diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 028fcec2607e3a45b1e7f7d25e5d9c33f27210f0..52cd515339fd0db7e2532c96b62b49f29357d94e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
 
 	ret = get_user(ch, ubuf++);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		goto fail;
 
 	read++;
 	cnt--;
@@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@ int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
 		while (cnt && isspace(ch)) {
 			ret = get_user(ch, ubuf++);
 			if (ret)
-				goto out;
+				goto fail;
 			read++;
 			cnt--;
 		}
@@ -1685,8 +1685,7 @@ int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
 		/* only spaces were written */
 		if (isspace(ch) || !ch) {
 			*ppos += read;
-			ret = read;
-			goto out;
+			return read;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1696,11 +1695,12 @@ int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
 			parser->buffer[parser->idx++] = ch;
 		else {
 			ret = -EINVAL;
-			goto out;
+			goto fail;
 		}
+
 		ret = get_user(ch, ubuf++);
 		if (ret)
-			goto out;
+			goto fail;
 		read++;
 		cnt--;
 	}
@@ -1716,13 +1716,13 @@ int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
 		parser->buffer[parser->idx] = 0;
 	} else {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
+		goto fail;
 	}
 
 	*ppos += read;
-	ret = read;
-
-out:
+	return read;
+fail:
+	trace_parser_fail(parser);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -2232,10 +2232,10 @@ int __init register_tracer(struct tracer *type)
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
 	if (ret || !default_bootup_tracer)
-		goto out_unlock;
+		return ret;
 
 	if (strncmp(default_bootup_tracer, type->name, MAX_TRACER_SIZE))
-		goto out_unlock;
+		return 0;
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Starting tracer '%s'\n", type->name);
 	/* Do we want this tracer to start on bootup? */
@@ -2247,8 +2247,7 @@ int __init register_tracer(struct tracer *type)
 	/* disable other selftests, since this will break it. */
 	disable_tracing_selftest("running a tracer");
 
- out_unlock:
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void tracing_reset_cpu(struct array_buffer *buf, int cpu)
@@ -8761,11 +8760,10 @@ ftrace_trace_snapshot_callback(struct trace_array *tr, struct ftrace_hash *hash,
  out_reg:
 	ret = tracing_alloc_snapshot_instance(tr);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
+		return ret;
 
 	ret = register_ftrace_function_probe(glob, tr, ops, count);
 
- out:
 	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
 }
 
@@ -10356,7 +10354,7 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(TRACE_ITER_LAST_BIT > TRACE_FLAGS_MAX_SIZE);
 
 	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tracing_buffer_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
-		goto out;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&global_trace.tracing_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
 		goto out_free_buffer_mask;
@@ -10467,7 +10465,6 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
 	free_cpumask_var(global_trace.tracing_cpumask);
 out_free_buffer_mask:
 	free_cpumask_var(tracing_buffer_mask);
-out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 2af084b67fa009f09607f59e55cd7bcd287e5a9d..18b98cc6e47f138818162a805a45ae56b0b624fe 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1156,6 +1156,7 @@ bool ftrace_event_is_function(struct trace_event_call *call);
  */
 struct trace_parser {
 	bool		cont;
+	bool		fail;
 	char		*buffer;
 	unsigned	idx;
 	unsigned	size;
@@ -1163,7 +1164,7 @@ 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)
@@ -1177,6 +1178,11 @@ 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,