diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 342eacc4baa8..9e42a742a3f9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -2785,28 +2785,6 @@ out:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_swap_cpu);
 
-static void rb_remove_entries(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
-			      struct buffer_data_page *bpage,
-			      unsigned int offset)
-{
-	struct ring_buffer_event *event;
-	unsigned long head;
-
-	__raw_spin_lock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
-	for (head = offset; head < local_read(&bpage->commit);
-	     head += rb_event_length(event)) {
-
-		event = __rb_data_page_index(bpage, head);
-		if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, rb_null_event(event)))
-			return;
-		/* Only count data entries */
-		if (event->type_len > RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA_TYPE_LEN_MAX)
-			continue;
-		cpu_buffer->read++;
-	}
-	__raw_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
-}
-
 /**
  * ring_buffer_alloc_read_page - allocate a page to read from buffer
  * @buffer: the buffer to allocate for.
@@ -2977,6 +2955,9 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 		/* we copied everything to the beginning */
 		read = 0;
 	} else {
+		/* update the entry counter */
+		cpu_buffer->read += local_read(&reader->entries);
+
 		/* swap the pages */
 		rb_init_page(bpage);
 		bpage = reader->page;
@@ -2985,9 +2966,6 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 		local_set(&reader->entries, 0);
 		reader->read = 0;
 		*data_page = bpage;
-
-		/* update the entry counter */
-		rb_remove_entries(cpu_buffer, bpage, read);
 	}
 	ret = read;