diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index f060716b02ae25b45494b0f350df6fe2fc0f369b..74bde81601a902759e5714b04a5a987ddbde2d15 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ enum {
 
 	TRACE_CONTROL_BIT,
 
+	TRACE_BRANCH_BIT,
 /*
  * Abuse of the trace_recursion.
  * As we need a way to maintain state if we are tracing the function
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c b/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
index a87b43f49eb448afa3f1cc2bc44763d71f06dd52..e2e12ad3186f440f7841819a9f260509d5afde43 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@ probe_likely_condition(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect)
 	struct trace_branch *entry;
 	struct ring_buffer *buffer;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int cpu, pc;
+	int pc;
 	const char *p;
 
+	if (current->trace_recursion & TRACE_BRANCH_BIT)
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * I would love to save just the ftrace_likely_data pointer, but
 	 * this code can also be used by modules. Ugly things can happen
@@ -49,10 +52,10 @@ probe_likely_condition(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect)
 	if (unlikely(!tr))
 		return;
 
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-	cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
-	data = per_cpu_ptr(tr->trace_buffer.data, cpu);
-	if (atomic_inc_return(&data->disabled) != 1)
+	raw_local_irq_save(flags);
+	current->trace_recursion |= TRACE_BRANCH_BIT;
+	data = this_cpu_ptr(tr->trace_buffer.data);
+	if (atomic_read(&data->disabled))
 		goto out;
 
 	pc = preempt_count();
@@ -81,8 +84,8 @@ probe_likely_condition(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect)
 		__buffer_unlock_commit(buffer, event);
 
  out:
-	atomic_dec(&data->disabled);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	current->trace_recursion &= ~TRACE_BRANCH_BIT;
+	raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 static inline