1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 054bc1802bcd..576f4fa2af0d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -521,9 +521,10 @@ event_filter_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
                 return cnt;
         }
 
-        if (filter_add_pred(call, pred)) {
+        err = filter_add_pred(call, pred);
+        if (err < 0) {
                 filter_free_pred(pred);
-                return -EINVAL;
+                return err;
         }
 
         *ppos += cnt;
@@ -588,10 +589,11 @@ subsystem_filter_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
                 return cnt;
         }
 
-        if (filter_add_subsystem_pred(system, pred)) {
+        err = filter_add_subsystem_pred(system, pred);
+        if (err < 0) {
                 filter_free_subsystem_preds(system);
                 filter_free_pred(pred);
-                return -EINVAL;
+                return err;
         }
 
         *ppos += cnt;