diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 0a58a0c0d86bcd87332997955eb4a907c82bd58a..df91be2e5a141dd46ed65156d3aefbb45a0daadf 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -3180,7 +3180,7 @@ static int ftrace_allocate_records(struct ftrace_page *pg, int count)
 		/* if we can't allocate this size, try something smaller */
 		if (!order)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		order >>= 1;
+		order--;
 		goto again;
 	}