diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index fb04445..3ea4f7b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -6728,39 +6728,38 @@ int ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int order)
 	}
 
 	for_each_buffer_cpu(buffer, cpu) {
+		struct buffer_data_page *old_free_data_page;
+		struct list_head old_pages;
+		unsigned long flags;
 
 		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
 			continue;
 
 		cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
 
+		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
+
 		/* Clear the head bit to make the link list normal to read */
 		rb_head_page_deactivate(cpu_buffer);
 
-		/* Now walk the list and free all the old sub buffers */
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(bpage, tmp, cpu_buffer->pages, list) {
-			list_del_init(&bpage->list);
-			free_buffer_page(bpage);
-		}
-		/* The above loop stopped an the last page needing to be freed */
-		bpage = list_entry(cpu_buffer->pages, struct buffer_page, list);
-		free_buffer_page(bpage);
-
-		/* Free the current reader page */
-		free_buffer_page(cpu_buffer->reader_page);
+		/*
+		 * Collect buffers from the cpu_buffer pages list and the
+		 * reader_page on old_pages, so they can be freed later when not
+		 * under a spinlock. The pages list is a linked list with no
+		 * head, adding old_pages turns it into a regular list with
+		 * old_pages being the head.
+		 */
+		list_add(&old_pages, cpu_buffer->pages);
+		list_add(&cpu_buffer->reader_page->list, &old_pages);
 
 		/* One page was allocated for the reader page */
 		cpu_buffer->reader_page = list_entry(cpu_buffer->new_pages.next,
 						     struct buffer_page, list);
 		list_del_init(&cpu_buffer->reader_page->list);
 
-		/* The cpu_buffer pages are a link list with no head */
+		/* Install the new pages, remove the head from the list */
 		cpu_buffer->pages = cpu_buffer->new_pages.next;
-		cpu_buffer->new_pages.next->prev = cpu_buffer->new_pages.prev;
-		cpu_buffer->new_pages.prev->next = cpu_buffer->new_pages.next;
-
-		/* Clear the new_pages list */
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cpu_buffer->new_pages);
+		list_del_init(&cpu_buffer->new_pages);
 
 		cpu_buffer->head_page
 			= list_entry(cpu_buffer->pages, struct buffer_page, list);
@@ -6769,11 +6768,20 @@ int ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int order)
 		cpu_buffer->nr_pages = cpu_buffer->nr_pages_to_update;
 		cpu_buffer->nr_pages_to_update = 0;
 
-		free_pages((unsigned long)cpu_buffer->free_page, old_order);
+		old_free_data_page = cpu_buffer->free_page;
 		cpu_buffer->free_page = NULL;
 
 		rb_head_page_activate(cpu_buffer);
 
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
+
+		/* Free old sub buffers */
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(bpage, tmp, &old_pages, list) {
+			list_del_init(&bpage->list);
+			free_buffer_page(bpage);
+		}
+		free_pages((unsigned long)old_free_data_page, old_order);
+
 		rb_check_pages(cpu_buffer);
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 1c69ca1..a8f52b6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -10621,10 +10621,10 @@ __init static void enable_instances(void)
 		 * cannot be deleted by user space, so keep the reference
 		 * to it.
 		 */
-		if (start)
+		if (start) {
 			tr->flags |= TRACE_ARRAY_FL_BOOT;
-		else
-			trace_array_put(tr);
+			tr->ref++;
+		}
 
 		while ((tok = strsep(&curr_str, ","))) {
 			early_enable_events(tr, tok, true);