diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index 8e6646a54acf84ba8c129945d4e189fbc4e88993..f5e793d69bd30a62e06be6ce904de39f71c1d60c 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -128,10 +128,12 @@ void ring_buffer_normalize_time_stamp(int cpu, u64 *ts);
 void tracing_on(void);
 void tracing_off(void);
 void tracing_off_permanent(void);
+int tracing_is_on(void);
 #else
 static inline void tracing_on(void) { }
 static inline void tracing_off(void) { }
 static inline void tracing_off_permanent(void) { }
+static inline int tracing_is_on(void) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
 void *ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 2b4626ce95d62e08d6c8be5360ead9621ae6527d..8f19f1aa42b02dc0953e435b41319d0bb23924e5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ void tracing_off_permanent(void)
 	set_bit(RB_BUFFERS_DISABLED_BIT, &ring_buffer_flags);
 }
 
+/**
+ * tracing_is_on - show state of ring buffers enabled
+ */
+int tracing_is_on(void)
+{
+	return ring_buffer_flags == RB_BUFFERS_ON;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_is_on);
+
 #include "trace.h"
 
 /* Up this if you want to test the TIME_EXTENTS and normalization */