diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 1dad64267878c..d999a218fe833 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -70,15 +70,15 @@ enum filter_pred_fn {
 };
 
 struct filter_pred {
-	enum filter_pred_fn 	fn_num;
-	u64 			val;
-	u64 			val2;
-	struct regex		regex;
+	struct regex		*regex;
 	unsigned short		*ops;
 	struct ftrace_event_field *field;
-	int 			offset;
+	u64			val;
+	u64			val2;
+	enum filter_pred_fn	fn_num;
+	int			offset;
 	int			not;
-	int 			op;
+	int			op;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ enum {
 	PROCESS_OR	= 4,
 };
 
+static void free_predicate(struct filter_pred *pred)
+{
+	kfree(pred->regex);
+	kfree(pred);
+}
+
 /*
  * Without going into a formal proof, this explains the method that is used in
  * parsing the logical expressions.
@@ -623,7 +629,7 @@ predicate_parse(const char *str, int nr_parens, int nr_preds,
 	kfree(inverts);
 	if (prog_stack) {
 		for (i = 0; prog_stack[i].pred; i++)
-			kfree(prog_stack[i].pred);
+			free_predicate(prog_stack[i].pred);
 		kfree(prog_stack);
 	}
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
@@ -750,7 +756,7 @@ static int filter_pred_string(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event)
 	char *addr = (char *)(event + pred->offset);
 	int cmp, match;
 
-	cmp = pred->regex.match(addr, &pred->regex, pred->regex.field_len);
+	cmp = pred->regex->match(addr, pred->regex, pred->regex->field_len);
 
 	match = cmp ^ pred->not;
 
@@ -763,7 +769,7 @@ static __always_inline int filter_pchar(struct filter_pred *pred, char *str)
 	int len;
 
 	len = strlen(str) + 1;	/* including tailing '\0' */
-	cmp = pred->regex.match(str, &pred->regex, len);
+	cmp = pred->regex->match(str, pred->regex, len);
 
 	match = cmp ^ pred->not;
 
@@ -813,7 +819,7 @@ static int filter_pred_strloc(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event)
 	char *addr = (char *)(event + str_loc);
 	int cmp, match;
 
-	cmp = pred->regex.match(addr, &pred->regex, str_len);
+	cmp = pred->regex->match(addr, pred->regex, str_len);
 
 	match = cmp ^ pred->not;
 
@@ -836,7 +842,7 @@ static int filter_pred_strrelloc(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event)
 	char *addr = (char *)(&item[1]) + str_loc;
 	int cmp, match;
 
-	cmp = pred->regex.match(addr, &pred->regex, str_len);
+	cmp = pred->regex->match(addr, pred->regex, str_len);
 
 	match = cmp ^ pred->not;
 
@@ -874,7 +880,7 @@ static int filter_pred_comm(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event)
 {
 	int cmp;
 
-	cmp = pred->regex.match(current->comm, &pred->regex,
+	cmp = pred->regex->match(current->comm, pred->regex,
 				TASK_COMM_LEN);
 	return cmp ^ pred->not;
 }
@@ -1004,7 +1010,7 @@ enum regex_type filter_parse_regex(char *buff, int len, char **search, int *not)
 
 static void filter_build_regex(struct filter_pred *pred)
 {
-	struct regex *r = &pred->regex;
+	struct regex *r = pred->regex;
 	char *search;
 	enum regex_type type = MATCH_FULL;
 
@@ -1169,7 +1175,7 @@ static void free_prog(struct event_filter *filter)
 		return;
 
 	for (i = 0; prog[i].pred; i++)
-		kfree(prog[i].pred);
+		free_predicate(prog[i].pred);
 	kfree(prog);
 }
 
@@ -1553,9 +1559,12 @@ static int parse_pred(const char *str, void *data,
 			goto err_free;
 		}
 
-		pred->regex.len = len;
-		strncpy(pred->regex.pattern, str + s, len);
-		pred->regex.pattern[len] = 0;
+		pred->regex = kzalloc(sizeof(*pred->regex), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!pred->regex)
+			goto err_mem;
+		pred->regex->len = len;
+		strncpy(pred->regex->pattern, str + s, len);
+		pred->regex->pattern[len] = 0;
 
 	/* This is either a string, or an integer */
 	} else if (str[i] == '\'' || str[i] == '"') {
@@ -1597,9 +1606,12 @@ static int parse_pred(const char *str, void *data,
 			goto err_free;
 		}
 
-		pred->regex.len = len;
-		strncpy(pred->regex.pattern, str + s, len);
-		pred->regex.pattern[len] = 0;
+		pred->regex = kzalloc(sizeof(*pred->regex), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!pred->regex)
+			goto err_mem;
+		pred->regex->len = len;
+		strncpy(pred->regex->pattern, str + s, len);
+		pred->regex->pattern[len] = 0;
 
 		filter_build_regex(pred);
 
@@ -1608,7 +1620,7 @@ static int parse_pred(const char *str, void *data,
 
 		} else if (field->filter_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING) {
 			pred->fn_num = FILTER_PRED_FN_STRING;
-			pred->regex.field_len = field->size;
+			pred->regex->field_len = field->size;
 
 		} else if (field->filter_type == FILTER_DYN_STRING) {
 			pred->fn_num = FILTER_PRED_FN_STRLOC;
@@ -1691,10 +1703,10 @@ static int parse_pred(const char *str, void *data,
 	return i;
 
 err_free:
-	kfree(pred);
+	free_predicate(pred);
 	return -EINVAL;
 err_mem:
-	kfree(pred);
+	free_predicate(pred);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
@@ -2287,8 +2299,8 @@ static int ftrace_function_set_filter_pred(struct filter_pred *pred,
 		return ret;
 
 	return __ftrace_function_set_filter(pred->op == OP_EQ,
-					    pred->regex.pattern,
-					    pred->regex.len,
+					    pred->regex->pattern,
+					    pred->regex->len,
 					    data);
 }
 
