1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 53c8fd376a88..23d2972b22d6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ ftrace_event_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         const struct seq_operations *seq_ops;
 
         if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
-            !(file->f_flags & O_APPEND))
+            (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC))
                 ftrace_clear_events();
 
         seq_ops = inode->i_private;