diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 9e82551dd566057c61a862e7b27b395939d270e3..9258f5a815db4d4fe4a8d314a2593218b3c4e5ce 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static inline struct trace_array *top_trace_array(void)
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr;
 
-	if (list_empty(ftrace_trace_arrays.prev))
+	if (list_empty(&ftrace_trace_arrays))
 		return NULL;
 
 	tr = list_entry(ftrace_trace_arrays.prev,