diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index d3e59312ef40..5079d1db3754 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ predicate_parse(const char *str, int nr_parens, int nr_preds,
 	op_stack = kmalloc_array(nr_parens, sizeof(*op_stack), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!op_stack)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	prog_stack = kmalloc_array(nr_preds, sizeof(*prog_stack), GFP_KERNEL);
+	prog_stack = kcalloc(nr_preds, sizeof(*prog_stack), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!prog_stack) {
 		parse_error(pe, -ENOMEM, 0);
 		goto out_free;
@@ -579,7 +579,11 @@ predicate_parse(const char *str, int nr_parens, int nr_preds,
 out_free:
 	kfree(op_stack);
 	kfree(inverts);
-	kfree(prog_stack);
+	if (prog_stack) {
+		for (i = 0; prog_stack[i].pred; i++)
+			kfree(prog_stack[i].pred);
+		kfree(prog_stack);
+	}
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }