diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 53df2839bb93..4f1dade56981 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2881,11 +2881,25 @@ static int set_tracer_option(struct tracer *trace, char *cmp, int neg)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static void set_tracer_flags(unsigned int mask, int enabled)
+/* Some tracers require overwrite to stay enabled */
+int trace_keep_overwrite(struct tracer *tracer, u32 mask, int set)
+{
+	if (tracer->enabled && (mask & TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE) && !set)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int set_tracer_flag(unsigned int mask, int enabled)
 {
 	/* do nothing if flag is already set */
 	if (!!(trace_flags & mask) == !!enabled)
-		return;
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Give the tracer a chance to approve the change */
+	if (current_trace->flag_changed)
+		if (current_trace->flag_changed(current_trace, mask, !!enabled))
+			return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (enabled)
 		trace_flags |= mask;
@@ -2895,18 +2909,24 @@ static void set_tracer_flags(unsigned int mask, int enabled)
 	if (mask == TRACE_ITER_RECORD_CMD)
 		trace_event_enable_cmd_record(enabled);
 
-	if (mask == TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE)
+	if (mask == TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE) {
 		ring_buffer_change_overwrite(global_trace.buffer, enabled);
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE
+		ring_buffer_change_overwrite(max_tr.buffer, enabled);
+#endif
+	}
 
 	if (mask == TRACE_ITER_PRINTK)
 		trace_printk_start_stop_comm(enabled);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int trace_set_options(char *option)
 {
 	char *cmp;
 	int neg = 0;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret = -ENODEV;
 	int i;
 
 	cmp = strstrip(option);
@@ -2916,19 +2936,20 @@ static int trace_set_options(char *option)
 		cmp += 2;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+
 	for (i = 0; trace_options[i]; i++) {
 		if (strcmp(cmp, trace_options[i]) == 0) {
-			set_tracer_flags(1 << i, !neg);
+			ret = set_tracer_flag(1 << i, !neg);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* If no option could be set, test the specific tracer options */
-	if (!trace_options[i]) {
-		mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+	if (!trace_options[i])
 		ret = set_tracer_option(current_trace, cmp, neg);
-		mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
-	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -2938,6 +2959,7 @@ tracing_trace_options_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 			size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	char buf[64];
+	int ret;
 
 	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -2947,7 +2969,9 @@ tracing_trace_options_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 
 	buf[cnt] = 0;
 
-	trace_set_options(buf);
+	ret = trace_set_options(buf);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	*ppos += cnt;
 
@@ -3251,6 +3275,9 @@ static int tracing_set_tracer(const char *buf)
 		goto out;
 
 	trace_branch_disable();
+
+	current_trace->enabled = false;
+
 	if (current_trace->reset)
 		current_trace->reset(tr);
 
@@ -3295,6 +3322,7 @@ static int tracing_set_tracer(const char *buf)
 	}
 
 	current_trace = t;
+	current_trace->enabled = true;
 	trace_branch_enable(tr);
  out:
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
@@ -4781,7 +4809,13 @@ trace_options_core_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 
 	if (val != 0 && val != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	set_tracer_flags(1 << index, val);
+
+	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+	ret = set_tracer_flag(1 << index, val);
+	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	*ppos += cnt;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 57d7e5397d56..2081971367ea 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -283,11 +283,15 @@ struct tracer {
 	enum print_line_t	(*print_line)(struct trace_iterator *iter);
 	/* If you handled the flag setting, return 0 */
 	int			(*set_flag)(u32 old_flags, u32 bit, int set);
+	/* Return 0 if OK with change, else return non-zero */
+	int			(*flag_changed)(struct tracer *tracer,
+						u32 mask, int set);
 	struct tracer		*next;
 	struct tracer_flags	*flags;
 	bool			print_max;
 	bool			use_max_tr;
 	bool			allocated_snapshot;
+	bool			enabled;
 };
 
 
@@ -943,6 +947,8 @@ extern const char *__stop___trace_bprintk_fmt[];
 
 void trace_printk_init_buffers(void);
 void trace_printk_start_comm(void);
+int trace_keep_overwrite(struct tracer *tracer, u32 mask, int set);
+int set_tracer_flag(unsigned int mask, int enabled);
 
 #undef FTRACE_ENTRY
 #define FTRACE_ENTRY(call, struct_name, id, tstruct, print, filter)	\
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
index 713a2cac4881..443b25b43b4f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ enum {
 
 static int trace_type __read_mostly;
 
-static int save_lat_flag;
+static int save_flags;
 
 static void stop_irqsoff_tracer(struct trace_array *tr, int graph);
 static int start_irqsoff_tracer(struct trace_array *tr, int graph);
@@ -558,8 +558,11 @@ static void stop_irqsoff_tracer(struct trace_array *tr, int graph)
 
 static void __irqsoff_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-	save_lat_flag = trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
-	trace_flags |= TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
+	save_flags = trace_flags;
+
+	/* non overwrite screws up the latency tracers */
+	set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE, 1);
+	set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT, 1);
 
 	tracing_max_latency = 0;
 	irqsoff_trace = tr;
@@ -573,10 +576,13 @@ static void __irqsoff_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)
 
 static void irqsoff_tracer_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
+	int lat_flag = save_flags & TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
+	int overwrite_flag = save_flags & TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE;
+
 	stop_irqsoff_tracer(tr, is_graph());
 
-	if (!save_lat_flag)
-		trace_flags &= ~TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
+	set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT, lat_flag);
+	set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE, overwrite_flag);
 }
 
 static void irqsoff_tracer_start(struct trace_array *tr)
@@ -609,6 +615,7 @@ static struct tracer irqsoff_tracer __read_mostly =
 	.print_line     = irqsoff_print_line,
 	.flags		= &tracer_flags,
 	.set_flag	= irqsoff_set_flag,
+	.flag_changed	= trace_keep_overwrite,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
 	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_irqsoff,
 #endif
@@ -642,6 +649,7 @@ static struct tracer preemptoff_tracer __read_mostly =
 	.print_line     = irqsoff_print_line,
 	.flags		= &tracer_flags,
 	.set_flag	= irqsoff_set_flag,
+	.flag_changed	= trace_keep_overwrite,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
 	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_preemptoff,
 #endif
@@ -677,6 +685,7 @@ static struct tracer preemptirqsoff_tracer __read_mostly =
 	.print_line     = irqsoff_print_line,
 	.flags		= &tracer_flags,
 	.set_flag	= irqsoff_set_flag,
+	.flag_changed	= trace_keep_overwrite,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
 	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_preemptirqsoff,
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
index 75aa97fbe1a1..fde652c9a511 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static void __wakeup_reset(struct trace_array *tr);
 static int wakeup_graph_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace);
 static void wakeup_graph_return(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace);
 
-static int save_lat_flag;
+static int save_flags;
 
 #define TRACE_DISPLAY_GRAPH     1
 
@@ -540,8 +540,11 @@ static void stop_wakeup_tracer(struct trace_array *tr)
 
 static int __wakeup_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-	save_lat_flag = trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
-	trace_flags |= TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
+	save_flags = trace_flags;
+
+	/* non overwrite screws up the latency tracers */
+	set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE, 1);
+	set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT, 1);
 
 	tracing_max_latency = 0;
 	wakeup_trace = tr;
@@ -563,12 +566,15 @@ static int wakeup_rt_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)
 
 static void wakeup_tracer_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
+	int lat_flag = save_flags & TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
+	int overwrite_flag = save_flags & TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE;
+
 	stop_wakeup_tracer(tr);
 	/* make sure we put back any tasks we are tracing */
 	wakeup_reset(tr);
 
-	if (!save_lat_flag)
-		trace_flags &= ~TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
+	set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT, lat_flag);
+	set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE, overwrite_flag);
 }
 
 static void wakeup_tracer_start(struct trace_array *tr)
@@ -594,6 +600,7 @@ static struct tracer wakeup_tracer __read_mostly =
 	.print_line	= wakeup_print_line,
 	.flags		= &tracer_flags,
 	.set_flag	= wakeup_set_flag,
+	.flag_changed	= trace_keep_overwrite,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
 	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_wakeup,
 #endif
@@ -615,6 +622,7 @@ static struct tracer wakeup_rt_tracer __read_mostly =
 	.print_line	= wakeup_print_line,
 	.flags		= &tracer_flags,
 	.set_flag	= wakeup_set_flag,
+	.flag_changed	= trace_keep_overwrite,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
 	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_wakeup,
 #endif