diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index d4d1238b096bb1c54b2e35a0d3c564ad0b00f1b3..bb53edbb5c8c7fc7a8f4a4f2db423aa1512b2a43 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -3349,6 +3349,7 @@ void ftrace_graph_init_task(struct task_struct *t)
 {
 	/* Make sure we do not use the parent ret_stack */
 	t->ret_stack = NULL;
+	t->curr_ret_stack = -1;
 
 	if (ftrace_graph_active) {
 		struct ftrace_ret_stack *ret_stack;
@@ -3358,7 +3359,6 @@ void ftrace_graph_init_task(struct task_struct *t)
 				GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!ret_stack)
 			return;
-		t->curr_ret_stack = -1;
 		atomic_set(&t->tracing_graph_pause, 0);
 		atomic_set(&t->trace_overrun, 0);
 		t->ftrace_timestamp = 0;