diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 054bc1802bcd..576f4fa2af0d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -521,9 +521,10 @@ event_filter_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 		return cnt;
 	}
 
-	if (filter_add_pred(call, pred)) {
+	err = filter_add_pred(call, pred);
+	if (err < 0) {
 		filter_free_pred(pred);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	*ppos += cnt;
@@ -588,10 +589,11 @@ subsystem_filter_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 		return cnt;
 	}
 
-	if (filter_add_subsystem_pred(system, pred)) {
+	err = filter_add_subsystem_pred(system, pred);
+	if (err < 0) {
 		filter_free_subsystem_preds(system);
 		filter_free_pred(pred);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	*ppos += cnt;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 49b3ef54ec46..e03cbf1e38f3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static int __filter_add_pred(struct ftrace_event_call *call,
 		}
 	}
 
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	return -ENOSPC;
 }
 
 static int is_string_field(const char *type)
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ int filter_add_subsystem_pred(struct event_subsystem *system,
 	}
 
 	if (i == MAX_FILTER_PRED)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOSPC;
 
 	events_for_each(call) {
 		int err;