diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index fbff872f8db1a702f58938c850652dd06af43f9c..856e73cc1d3f7010b67eff60b356cf075d1f8c2f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -680,7 +680,14 @@ struct event_subsystem {
 #define FILTER_PRED_IS_RIGHT	(1 << 15)
 #define FILTER_PRED_FOLD	(1 << 15)
 
-#define MAX_FILTER_PRED		32
+/*
+ * The max preds is the size of unsigned short with
+ * two flags at the MSBs. One bit is used for both the IS_RIGHT
+ * and FOLD flags. The other is reserved.
+ *
+ * 2^14 preds is way more than enough.
+ */
+#define MAX_FILTER_PRED		16384
 
 struct filter_pred;
 struct regex;