diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index fa4f742fc449..79fe4d6ecbd8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3297,6 +3297,9 @@ int trace_array_printk(struct trace_array *tr,
 	if (!(global_trace.trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_PRINTK))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (!tr)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	ret = trace_array_vprintk(tr, ip, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index fba87d10f0c1..2a3ac2365445 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -793,6 +793,8 @@ int ftrace_set_clr_event(struct trace_array *tr, char *buf, int set)
 	char *event = NULL, *sub = NULL, *match;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!tr)
+		return -ENOENT;
 	/*
 	 * The buf format can be <subsystem>:<event-name>
 	 *  *:<event-name> means any event by that name.