diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 02f5a5f51d496d4e5796c3e31e53c27dd3242453..1ba54e241c8d30b7b5924e3eb374593304bef616 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -306,19 +306,6 @@ void trace_array_put(struct trace_array *this_tr)
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 }
 
-int filter_check_discard(struct trace_event_file *file, void *rec,
-			 struct ring_buffer *buffer,
-			 struct ring_buffer_event *event)
-{
-	if (unlikely(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FILTERED) &&
-	    !filter_match_preds(file->filter, rec)) {
-		ring_buffer_discard_commit(buffer, event);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int call_filter_check_discard(struct trace_event_call *call, void *rec,
 			      struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 			      struct ring_buffer_event *event)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index ee8691c66bfecb5e3420c7577930c964ffdaa881..0862e7559548c262d2ced0ca589780d06c726ab2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1065,9 +1065,6 @@ struct trace_subsystem_dir {
 	int				nr_events;
 };
 
-extern int filter_check_discard(struct trace_event_file *file, void *rec,
-				struct ring_buffer *buffer,
-				struct ring_buffer_event *event);
 extern int call_filter_check_discard(struct trace_event_call *call, void *rec,
 				     struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 				     struct ring_buffer_event *event);
@@ -1096,12 +1093,14 @@ __event_trigger_test_discard(struct trace_event_file *file,
 	if (eflags & EVENT_FILE_FL_TRIGGER_COND)
 		*tt = event_triggers_call(file, entry);
 
-	if (test_bit(EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_DISABLED_BIT, &file->flags))
+	if (test_bit(EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_DISABLED_BIT, &file->flags) ||
+	    (unlikely(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FILTERED) &&
+	     !filter_match_preds(file->filter, entry))) {
 		ring_buffer_discard_commit(buffer, event);
-	else if (!filter_check_discard(file, entry, buffer, event))
-		return false;
+		return true;
+	}
 
-	return true;
+	return false;
 }
 
 /**