diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index 0940fda59872c039d8a555bc533113648a0b1d08..941bfd9b3c89cd1dfd1931fdf9629de21771d523 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ ring_buffer_consume(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts,
 		    unsigned long *lost_events);
 
 struct ring_buffer_iter *
-ring_buffer_read_prepare(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
+ring_buffer_read_prepare(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, gfp_t flags);
 void ring_buffer_read_prepare_sync(void);
 void ring_buffer_read_start(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter);
 void ring_buffer_read_finish(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 65bd4616220db72b5e817cd0d1fdf1d4958a9501..34b4c32b069200e5ceb8164a1a6a7aef96c9499d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -4141,6 +4141,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_consume);
  * ring_buffer_read_prepare - Prepare for a non consuming read of the buffer
  * @buffer: The ring buffer to read from
  * @cpu: The cpu buffer to iterate over
+ * @flags: gfp flags to use for memory allocation
  *
  * This performs the initial preparations necessary to iterate
  * through the buffer.  Memory is allocated, buffer recording
@@ -4158,7 +4159,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_consume);
  * This overall must be paired with ring_buffer_read_finish.
  */
 struct ring_buffer_iter *
-ring_buffer_read_prepare(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
+ring_buffer_read_prepare(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
 	struct ring_buffer_iter *iter;
@@ -4166,7 +4167,7 @@ ring_buffer_read_prepare(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
 		return NULL;
 
-	iter = kmalloc(sizeof(*iter), GFP_KERNEL);
+	iter = kmalloc(sizeof(*iter), flags);
 	if (!iter)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 1f96b292df3190eaa8d295ef4d650415935b5ab5..c65cea71d1ee5e1d44fb8979bc1798000632650e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3903,7 +3903,8 @@ __tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, bool snapshot)
 	if (iter->cpu_file == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS) {
 		for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
 			iter->buffer_iter[cpu] =
-				ring_buffer_read_prepare(iter->trace_buffer->buffer, cpu);
+				ring_buffer_read_prepare(iter->trace_buffer->buffer,
+							 cpu, GFP_KERNEL);
 		}
 		ring_buffer_read_prepare_sync();
 		for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
@@ -3913,7 +3914,8 @@ __tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, bool snapshot)
 	} else {
 		cpu = iter->cpu_file;
 		iter->buffer_iter[cpu] =
-			ring_buffer_read_prepare(iter->trace_buffer->buffer, cpu);
+			ring_buffer_read_prepare(iter->trace_buffer->buffer,
+						 cpu, GFP_KERNEL);
 		ring_buffer_read_prepare_sync();
 		ring_buffer_read_start(iter->buffer_iter[cpu]);
 		tracing_iter_reset(iter, cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c
index d953c163a0794f5cd4578ae6957f0645ff1eaa0d..810d78a8d14c76b02efa3dff91b63e52e4c66feb 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c
@@ -51,14 +51,16 @@ static void ftrace_dump_buf(int skip_lines, long cpu_file)
 	if (cpu_file == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS) {
 		for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
 			iter.buffer_iter[cpu] =
-			ring_buffer_read_prepare(iter.trace_buffer->buffer, cpu);
+			ring_buffer_read_prepare(iter.trace_buffer->buffer,
+						 cpu, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			ring_buffer_read_start(iter.buffer_iter[cpu]);
 			tracing_iter_reset(&iter, cpu);
 		}
 	} else {
 		iter.cpu_file = cpu_file;
 		iter.buffer_iter[cpu_file] =
-			ring_buffer_read_prepare(iter.trace_buffer->buffer, cpu_file);
+			ring_buffer_read_prepare(iter.trace_buffer->buffer,
+						 cpu_file, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		ring_buffer_read_start(iter.buffer_iter[cpu_file]);
 		tracing_iter_reset(&iter, cpu_file);
 	}