diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 2fd1752f0c85c7f7c422526cf47eef5e4d29da1b..2606cee433dae247fb6919ecefc31736274d9ac8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -2486,7 +2486,7 @@ static inline int rb_ok_to_lock(void)
 	 * buffer too. A one time deal is all you get from reading
 	 * the ring buffer from an NMI.
 	 */
-	if (likely(!in_nmi() && !oops_in_progress))
+	if (likely(!in_nmi()))
 		return 1;
 
 	tracing_off_permanent();