diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index ced69da0ff55ba08a7358cae7ceaae31546f9332..7f2e97ce71a7d12a9b2ed5e703969e635f320a57 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -1369,19 +1369,26 @@ static int check_preds(struct filter_parse_state *ps)
 {
 	int n_normal_preds = 0, n_logical_preds = 0;
 	struct postfix_elt *elt;
+	int cnt = 0;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(elt, &ps->postfix, list) {
-		if (elt->op == OP_NONE)
+		if (elt->op == OP_NONE) {
+			cnt++;
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		if (elt->op == OP_AND || elt->op == OP_OR) {
 			n_logical_preds++;
+			cnt--;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (elt->op != OP_NOT)
+			cnt--;
 		n_normal_preds++;
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(cnt < 0);
 	}
 
-	if (!n_normal_preds || n_logical_preds >= n_normal_preds) {
+	if (cnt != 1 || !n_normal_preds || n_logical_preds >= n_normal_preds) {
 		parse_error(ps, FILT_ERR_INVALID_FILTER, 0);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}