diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 76defd91f9b4f372d0db9717dec3d7a9892338d3..898f868833f2d4df0d80838f9461385b5eedcd77 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -947,23 +947,14 @@ static ssize_t
 event_id_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct ftrace_event_call *call = filp->private_data;
-	struct trace_seq *s;
-	int r;
+	char buf[32];
+	int len;
 
 	if (*ppos)
 		return 0;
 
-	s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!s)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	trace_seq_init(s);
-	trace_seq_printf(s, "%d\n", call->event.type);
-
-	r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos,
-				    s->buffer, s->len);
-	kfree(s);
-	return r;
+	len = sprintf(buf, "%d\n", call->event.type);
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, len);
 }
 
 static ssize_t