diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 0380cab0af9bbf0ce5777e0c1f02fd0faa7bb953..02b592f2d4b7925af2d25407a4b4d879c816b412 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ struct event_trigger_data {
 	int				ref;
 	struct event_trigger_ops	*ops;
 	struct event_command		*cmd_ops;
-	struct event_filter		*filter;
+	struct event_filter __rcu	*filter;
 	char				*filter_str;
 	void				*private_data;
 	struct list_head		list;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index 12ac8a5d4d951f0320cefc2c5e174507d4c949ad..f6dd115b958dd8c029445d0e1071153824a7fbbd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ event_triggers_call(struct ftrace_event_file *file, void *rec)
 {
 	struct event_trigger_data *data;
 	enum event_trigger_type tt = ETT_NONE;
+	struct event_filter *filter;
 
 	if (list_empty(&file->triggers))
 		return tt;
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ event_triggers_call(struct ftrace_event_file *file, void *rec)
 			data->ops->func(data);
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (data->filter && !filter_match_preds(data->filter, rec))
+		filter = rcu_dereference(data->filter);
+		if (filter && !filter_match_preds(filter, rec))
 			continue;
 		if (data->cmd_ops->post_trigger) {
 			tt |= data->cmd_ops->trigger_type;
@@ -703,7 +705,7 @@ static int set_trigger_filter(char *filter_str,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
  assign:
-	tmp = data->filter;
+	tmp = rcu_access_pointer(data->filter);
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(data->filter, filter);
 
@@ -719,7 +721,7 @@ static int set_trigger_filter(char *filter_str,
 	if (filter_str) {
 		data->filter_str = kstrdup(filter_str, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!data->filter_str) {
-			free_event_filter(data->filter);
+			free_event_filter(rcu_access_pointer(data->filter));
 			data->filter = NULL;
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 		}