diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 60de37bd0f75bb940ef8ceed6374fdbd13b53eab..484337d339590c817314a4ac86cb64654fca7928 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -950,6 +950,8 @@ void tracing_start(void)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* Prevent the buffers from switching */
+	arch_spin_lock(&ftrace_max_lock);
 
 	buffer = global_trace.buffer;
 	if (buffer)
@@ -959,6 +961,8 @@ void tracing_start(void)
 	if (buffer)
 		ring_buffer_record_enable(buffer);
 
+	arch_spin_unlock(&ftrace_max_lock);
+
 	ftrace_start();
  out:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tracing_start_lock, flags);
@@ -980,6 +984,9 @@ void tracing_stop(void)
 	if (trace_stop_count++)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* Prevent the buffers from switching */
+	arch_spin_lock(&ftrace_max_lock);
+
 	buffer = global_trace.buffer;
 	if (buffer)
 		ring_buffer_record_disable(buffer);
@@ -988,6 +995,8 @@ void tracing_stop(void)
 	if (buffer)
 		ring_buffer_record_disable(buffer);
 
+	arch_spin_unlock(&ftrace_max_lock);
+
  out:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tracing_start_lock, flags);
 }