diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
index 96efa6794ea5..c3da42dd22ba 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ enum {
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_FILTERED_BIT,
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_RECORDED_CMD_BIT,
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_CAP_ANY_BIT,
+	TRACE_EVENT_FL_NO_SET_FILTER_BIT,
 };
 
 enum {
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ enum {
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_FILTERED		= (1 << TRACE_EVENT_FL_FILTERED_BIT),
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_RECORDED_CMD	= (1 << TRACE_EVENT_FL_RECORDED_CMD_BIT),
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_CAP_ANY		= (1 << TRACE_EVENT_FL_CAP_ANY_BIT),
+	TRACE_EVENT_FL_NO_SET_FILTER	= (1 << TRACE_EVENT_FL_NO_SET_FILTER_BIT),
 };
 
 struct ftrace_event_call {
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index d6e7926dcd26..95dc31efd6dd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -1649,7 +1649,9 @@ static int replace_system_preds(struct event_subsystem *system,
 		 */
 		err = replace_preds(call, NULL, ps, filter_string, true);
 		if (err)
-			goto fail;
+			call->flags |= TRACE_EVENT_FL_NO_SET_FILTER;
+		else
+			call->flags &= ~TRACE_EVENT_FL_NO_SET_FILTER;
 	}
 
 	list_for_each_entry(call, &ftrace_events, list) {
@@ -1658,6 +1660,9 @@ static int replace_system_preds(struct event_subsystem *system,
 		if (strcmp(call->class->system, system->name) != 0)
 			continue;
 
+		if (call->flags & TRACE_EVENT_FL_NO_SET_FILTER)
+			continue;
+
 		filter_item = kzalloc(sizeof(*filter_item), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!filter_item)
 			goto fail_mem;