diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 300ef788c976fc8689bfd95f962c653d308f8748..64dda5709cb9019170bd5e9047a407f7eaf83bbe 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@ struct ftrace_event_field {
 	struct list_head	link;
 	char			*name;
 	char			*type;
+	int			filter_type;
 	int			offset;
 	int			size;
 	int			is_signed;
@@ -800,6 +801,7 @@ extern int apply_subsystem_event_filter(struct event_subsystem *system,
 					char *filter_string);
 extern void print_subsystem_event_filter(struct event_subsystem *system,
 					 struct trace_seq *s);
+extern int filter_assign_type(const char *type);
 
 static inline int
 filter_check_discard(struct ftrace_event_call *call, void *rec,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 79d352027a6194759c6477e64b5390b1a5da2822..5740e90f4ca11ae1aace7a759998da68431234ac 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ int trace_define_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call, const char *type,
 	if (!field->type)
 		goto err;
 
+	field->filter_type = filter_assign_type(type);
 	field->offset = offset;
 	field->size = size;
 	field->is_signed = is_signed;
+
 	list_add(&field->link, &call->fields);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 490337abed7592b563331c4a36d440c23de2338b..22e6d822bbaa4ba6a348cf265a5201ef8c387852 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -476,11 +476,12 @@ static int filter_add_pred_fn(struct filter_parse_state *ps,
 }
 
 enum {
-	FILTER_STATIC_STRING = 1,
-	FILTER_DYN_STRING
+	FILTER_OTHER = 0,
+	FILTER_STATIC_STRING,
+	FILTER_DYN_STRING,
 };
 
-static int is_string_field(const char *type)
+int filter_assign_type(const char *type)
 {
 	if (strstr(type, "__data_loc") && strstr(type, "char"))
 		return FILTER_DYN_STRING;
@@ -488,12 +489,18 @@ static int is_string_field(const char *type)
 	if (strchr(type, '[') && strstr(type, "char"))
 		return FILTER_STATIC_STRING;
 
-	return 0;
+	return FILTER_OTHER;
+}
+
+static bool is_string_field(struct ftrace_event_field *field)
+{
+	return field->filter_type == FILTER_DYN_STRING ||
+	       field->filter_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING;
 }
 
 static int is_legal_op(struct ftrace_event_field *field, int op)
 {
-	if (is_string_field(field->type) && (op != OP_EQ && op != OP_NE))
+	if (is_string_field(field) && (op != OP_EQ && op != OP_NE))
 		return 0;
 
 	return 1;
@@ -550,7 +557,6 @@ static int filter_add_pred(struct filter_parse_state *ps,
 	struct ftrace_event_field *field;
 	filter_pred_fn_t fn;
 	unsigned long long val;
-	int string_type;
 	int ret;
 
 	pred->fn = filter_pred_none;
@@ -578,9 +584,8 @@ static int filter_add_pred(struct filter_parse_state *ps,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	string_type = is_string_field(field->type);
-	if (string_type) {
-		if (string_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING)
+	if (is_string_field(field)) {
+		if (field->filter_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING)
 			fn = filter_pred_string;
 		else
 			fn = filter_pred_strloc;