1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index 8dadbbbd2d5c..8afeea412e77 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -223,10 +223,9 @@ ftrace_print_flags_seq(struct trace_seq *p, const char *delim,
 {
         unsigned long mask;
         const char *str;
+        const char *ret = p->buffer + p->len;
         int i;
 
-        trace_seq_init(p);
-
         for (i = 0;  flag_array[i].name && flags; i++) {
 
                 mask = flag_array[i].mask;
@@ -249,7 +248,7 @@ ftrace_print_flags_seq(struct trace_seq *p, const char *delim,
 
         trace_seq_putc(p, 0);
 
-        return p->buffer;
+        return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ftrace_print_flags_seq);
 
@@ -258,8 +257,7 @@ ftrace_print_symbols_seq(struct trace_seq *p, unsigned long val,
                          const struct trace_print_flags *symbol_array)
 {
         int i;
-
-        trace_seq_init(p);
+        const char *ret = p->buffer + p->len;
 
         for (i = 0;  symbol_array[i].name; i++) {
 
@@ -275,7 +273,7 @@ ftrace_print_symbols_seq(struct trace_seq *p, unsigned long val,
                 
         trace_seq_putc(p, 0);
 
-        return p->buffer;
+        return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ftrace_print_symbols_seq);