diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index d656e32dc853..43254c5e7e16 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -1396,6 +1396,9 @@ int event_enable_trigger_func(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* Up the trigger_data count to make sure nothing frees it on failure */
+	event_trigger_init(trigger_ops, trigger_data);
+
 	if (trigger) {
 		number = strsep(&trigger, ":");
 
@@ -1446,6 +1449,7 @@ int event_enable_trigger_func(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 		goto out_disable;
 	/* Just return zero, not the number of enabled functions */
 	ret = 0;
+	event_trigger_free(trigger_ops, trigger_data);
  out:
 	return ret;
 
@@ -1456,7 +1460,7 @@ int event_enable_trigger_func(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
  out_free:
 	if (cmd_ops->set_filter)
 		cmd_ops->set_filter(NULL, trigger_data, NULL);
-	kfree(trigger_data);
+	event_trigger_free(trigger_ops, trigger_data);
 	kfree(enable_data);
 	goto out;
 }