diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 7446d4238f8796afb59ac600a45440a8786f4c2c..991bab9b79d275e491bce4820cdc7649ab4e6de1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -7046,6 +7046,12 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
 	int ring_buf_size;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
+	/*
+	 * Make sure we don't accidently add more trace options
+	 * than we have bits for.
+	 */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(TRACE_ITER_LAST_BIT > 32);
+
 	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tracing_buffer_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 8ed97872b65bd2039b99e594b27037131894609c..07155652254d3feaac8f4877bd71e4ac61db668b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -966,7 +966,11 @@ extern int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
 #undef C
 #define C(a, b) TRACE_ITER_##a##_BIT
 
-enum trace_iterator_bits { TRACE_FLAGS };
+enum trace_iterator_bits {
+	TRACE_FLAGS
+	/* Make sure we don't go more than we have bits for */
+	TRACE_ITER_LAST_BIT
+};
 
 /*
  * By redefining C, we can make TRACE_FLAGS a list of masks that