1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 8bc8d8afea6a..d8ef28574aa1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ static int tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
         /* If this file was open for write, then erase contents */
         if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
-            !(file->f_flags & O_APPEND)) {
+            (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC)) {
                 long cpu = (long) inode->i_private;
 
                 if (cpu == TRACE_PIPE_ALL_CPU)