diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 5360b7aec57ac1ccd1eea33b090f67ccb4b4e8cf..a7fb136da891c86c86da4e444710e67dbeb250e9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4020,11 +4020,17 @@ static int tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	/* If this file was open for write, then erase contents */
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC)) {
 		int cpu = tracing_get_cpu(inode);
+		struct trace_buffer *trace_buf = &tr->trace_buffer;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE
+		if (tr->current_trace->print_max)
+			trace_buf = &tr->max_buffer;
+#endif
 
 		if (cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS)
-			tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->trace_buffer);
+			tracing_reset_online_cpus(trace_buf);
 		else
-			tracing_reset(&tr->trace_buffer, cpu);
+			tracing_reset(trace_buf, cpu);
 	}
 
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {