diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index 9365ce407426..dda58681247e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ static struct user_event_mm *user_event_mm_get(struct user_event_mm *mm);
 static struct user_event_mm *user_event_mm_get_all(struct user_event *user);
 static void user_event_mm_put(struct user_event_mm *mm);
 static int destroy_user_event(struct user_event *user);
+static bool user_fields_match(struct user_event *user, int argc,
+			      const char **argv);
 
 static u32 user_event_key(char *name)
 {
@@ -1493,17 +1495,24 @@ static int destroy_user_event(struct user_event *user)
 }
 
 static struct user_event *find_user_event(struct user_event_group *group,
-					  char *name, u32 *outkey)
+					  char *name, int argc, const char **argv,
+					  u32 flags, u32 *outkey)
 {
 	struct user_event *user;
 	u32 key = user_event_key(name);
 
 	*outkey = key;
 
-	hash_for_each_possible(group->register_table, user, node, key)
-		if (!strcmp(EVENT_NAME(user), name))
+	hash_for_each_possible(group->register_table, user, node, key) {
+		if (strcmp(EVENT_NAME(user), name))
+			continue;
+
+		if (user_fields_match(user, argc, argv))
 			return user_event_get(user);
 
+		return ERR_PTR(-EADDRINUSE);
+	}
+
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -1860,6 +1869,9 @@ static bool user_fields_match(struct user_event *user, int argc,
 	struct list_head *head = &user->fields;
 	int i = 0;
 
+	if (argc == 0)
+		return list_empty(head);
+
 	list_for_each_entry_reverse(field, head, link) {
 		if (!user_field_match(field, argc, argv, &i))
 			return false;
@@ -1880,10 +1892,8 @@ static bool user_event_match(const char *system, const char *event,
 	match = strcmp(EVENT_NAME(user), event) == 0 &&
 		(!system || strcmp(system, USER_EVENTS_SYSTEM) == 0);
 
-	if (match && argc > 0)
+	if (match)
 		match = user_fields_match(user, argc, argv);
-	else if (match && argc == 0)
-		match = list_empty(&user->fields);
 
 	return match;
 }
@@ -1922,11 +1932,11 @@ static int user_event_parse(struct user_event_group *group, char *name,
 			    char *args, char *flags,
 			    struct user_event **newuser, int reg_flags)
 {
-	int ret;
-	u32 key;
 	struct user_event *user;
+	char **argv = NULL;
 	int argc = 0;
-	char **argv;
+	int ret;
+	u32 key;
 
 	/* Currently don't support any text based flags */
 	if (flags != NULL)
@@ -1935,41 +1945,34 @@ static int user_event_parse(struct user_event_group *group, char *name,
 	if (!user_event_capable(reg_flags))
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	if (args) {
+		argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, args, &argc);
+
+		if (!argv)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	/* Prevent dyn_event from racing */
 	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
-	user = find_user_event(group, name, &key);
+	user = find_user_event(group, name, argc, (const char **)argv,
+			       reg_flags, &key);
 	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 
-	if (user) {
-		if (args) {
-			argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, args, &argc);
-			if (!argv) {
-				ret = -ENOMEM;
-				goto error;
-			}
+	if (argv)
+		argv_free(argv);
 
-			ret = user_fields_match(user, argc, (const char **)argv);
-			argv_free(argv);
-
-		} else
-			ret = list_empty(&user->fields);
-
-		if (ret) {
-			*newuser = user;
-			/*
-			 * Name is allocated by caller, free it since it already exists.
-			 * Caller only worries about failure cases for freeing.
-			 */
-			kfree(name);
-		} else {
-			ret = -EADDRINUSE;
-			goto error;
-		}
+	if (IS_ERR(user))
+		return PTR_ERR(user);
+
+	if (user) {
+		*newuser = user;
+		/*
+		 * Name is allocated by caller, free it since it already exists.
+		 * Caller only worries about failure cases for freeing.
+		 */
+		kfree(name);
 
 		return 0;
-error:
-		user_event_put(user, false);
-		return ret;
 	}
 
 	user = kzalloc(sizeof(*user), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
@@ -2052,25 +2055,33 @@ static int user_event_parse(struct user_event_group *group, char *name,
 }
 
 /*
- * Deletes a previously created event if it is no longer being used.
+ * Deletes previously created events if they are no longer being used.
  */
 static int delete_user_event(struct user_event_group *group, char *name)
 {
-	u32 key;
-	struct user_event *user = find_user_event(group, name, &key);
+	struct user_event *user;
+	struct hlist_node *tmp;
+	u32 key = user_event_key(name);
+	int ret = -ENOENT;
 
-	if (!user)
-		return -ENOENT;
+	/* Attempt to delete all event(s) with the name passed in */
+	hash_for_each_possible_safe(group->register_table, user, tmp, node, key) {
+		if (strcmp(EVENT_NAME(user), name))
+			continue;
 
-	user_event_put(user, true);
+		if (!user_event_last_ref(user))
+			return -EBUSY;
 
-	if (!user_event_last_ref(user))
-		return -EBUSY;
+		if (!user_event_capable(user->reg_flags))
+			return -EPERM;
 
-	if (!user_event_capable(user->reg_flags))
-		return -EPERM;
+		ret = destroy_user_event(user);
 
-	return destroy_user_event(user);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+out:
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
