diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index da2c59d8f486..79d6012bb1f1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -3373,12 +3373,16 @@ void ring_buffer_reset_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
 
+	if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, local_read(&cpu_buffer->committing)))
+		goto out;
+
 	__raw_spin_lock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
 
 	rb_reset_cpu(cpu_buffer);
 
 	__raw_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
 
+ out:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
 
 	atomic_dec(&cpu_buffer->record_disabled);