diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 4fb10ef727d3..48ef4960ec90 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -87,18 +87,6 @@ static int tracing_disabled = 1;
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, ftrace_cpu_disabled);
 
-static inline void ftrace_disable_cpu(void)
-{
-	preempt_disable();
-	__this_cpu_inc(ftrace_cpu_disabled);
-}
-
-static inline void ftrace_enable_cpu(void)
-{
-	__this_cpu_dec(ftrace_cpu_disabled);
-	preempt_enable();
-}
-
 cpumask_var_t __read_mostly	tracing_buffer_mask;
 
 /*
@@ -748,8 +736,6 @@ update_max_tr_single(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
 
 	arch_spin_lock(&ftrace_max_lock);
 
-	ftrace_disable_cpu();
-
 	ret = ring_buffer_swap_cpu(max_tr.buffer, tr->buffer, cpu);
 
 	if (ret == -EBUSY) {
@@ -763,8 +749,6 @@ update_max_tr_single(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
 			"Failed to swap buffers due to commit in progress\n");
 	}
 
-	ftrace_enable_cpu();
-
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(ret && ret != -EAGAIN && ret != -EBUSY);
 
 	__update_max_tr(tr, tsk, cpu);
@@ -916,13 +900,6 @@ out:
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 }
 
-static void __tracing_reset(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
-{
-	ftrace_disable_cpu();
-	ring_buffer_reset_cpu(buffer, cpu);
-	ftrace_enable_cpu();
-}
-
 void tracing_reset(struct trace_array *tr, int cpu)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer *buffer = tr->buffer;
@@ -931,7 +908,7 @@ void tracing_reset(struct trace_array *tr, int cpu)
 
 	/* Make sure all commits have finished */
 	synchronize_sched();
-	__tracing_reset(buffer, cpu);
+	ring_buffer_reset_cpu(buffer, cpu);
 
 	ring_buffer_record_enable(buffer);
 }
@@ -949,7 +926,7 @@ void tracing_reset_online_cpus(struct trace_array *tr)
 	tr->time_start = ftrace_now(tr->cpu);
 
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
-		__tracing_reset(buffer, cpu);
+		ring_buffer_reset_cpu(buffer, cpu);
 
 	ring_buffer_record_enable(buffer);
 }
@@ -1733,14 +1710,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_vprintk);
 
 static void trace_iterator_increment(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 {
-	/* Don't allow ftrace to trace into the ring buffers */
-	ftrace_disable_cpu();
-
 	iter->idx++;
 	if (iter->buffer_iter[iter->cpu])
 		ring_buffer_read(iter->buffer_iter[iter->cpu], NULL);
-
-	ftrace_enable_cpu();
 }
 
 static struct trace_entry *
@@ -1750,17 +1722,12 @@ peek_next_entry(struct trace_iterator *iter, int cpu, u64 *ts,
 	struct ring_buffer_event *event;
 	struct ring_buffer_iter *buf_iter = iter->buffer_iter[cpu];
 
-	/* Don't allow ftrace to trace into the ring buffers */
-	ftrace_disable_cpu();
-
 	if (buf_iter)
 		event = ring_buffer_iter_peek(buf_iter, ts);
 	else
 		event = ring_buffer_peek(iter->tr->buffer, cpu, ts,
 					 lost_events);
 
-	ftrace_enable_cpu();
-
 	if (event) {
 		iter->ent_size = ring_buffer_event_length(event);
 		return ring_buffer_event_data(event);
@@ -1850,11 +1817,8 @@ void *trace_find_next_entry_inc(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 
 static void trace_consume(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 {
-	/* Don't allow ftrace to trace into the ring buffers */
-	ftrace_disable_cpu();
 	ring_buffer_consume(iter->tr->buffer, iter->cpu, &iter->ts,
 			    &iter->lost_events);
-	ftrace_enable_cpu();
 }
 
 static void *s_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
@@ -1943,16 +1907,12 @@ static void *s_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 		iter->cpu = 0;
 		iter->idx = -1;
 
-		ftrace_disable_cpu();
-
 		if (cpu_file == TRACE_PIPE_ALL_CPU) {
 			for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu)
 				tracing_iter_reset(iter, cpu);
 		} else
 			tracing_iter_reset(iter, cpu_file);
 
-		ftrace_enable_cpu();
-
 		iter->leftover = 0;
 		for (p = iter; p && l < *pos; p = s_next(m, p, &l))
 			;