diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index d5230b7..655db2e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -22,6 +22,39 @@ static struct task_struct *trigger_kthread;
 static struct llist_head trigger_data_free_list;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(trigger_data_kthread_mutex);
 
+static int trigger_kthread_fn(void *ignore);
+
+static void trigger_create_kthread_locked(void)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&trigger_data_kthread_mutex);
+
+	if (!trigger_kthread) {
+		struct task_struct *kthread;
+
+		kthread = kthread_create(trigger_kthread_fn, NULL,
+					 "trigger_data_free");
+		if (!IS_ERR(kthread))
+			WRITE_ONCE(trigger_kthread, kthread);
+	}
+}
+
+static void trigger_data_free_queued_locked(void)
+{
+	struct event_trigger_data *data, *tmp;
+	struct llist_node *llnodes;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&trigger_data_kthread_mutex);
+
+	llnodes = llist_del_all(&trigger_data_free_list);
+	if (!llnodes)
+		return;
+
+	tracepoint_synchronize_unregister();
+
+	llist_for_each_entry_safe(data, tmp, llnodes, llist)
+		kfree(data);
+}
+
 /* Bulk garbage collection of event_trigger_data elements */
 static int trigger_kthread_fn(void *ignore)
 {
@@ -56,30 +89,50 @@ void trigger_data_free(struct event_trigger_data *data)
 	if (data->cmd_ops->set_filter)
 		data->cmd_ops->set_filter(NULL, data, NULL);
 
+	/*
+	 * Boot-time trigger registration can fail before kthread creation
+	 * works. Keep the deferred-free semantics during boot and let late
+	 * init start the kthread to drain the list.
+	 */
+	if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING && !trigger_kthread) {
+		llist_add(&data->llist, &trigger_data_free_list);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (unlikely(!trigger_kthread)) {
 		guard(mutex)(&trigger_data_kthread_mutex);
+
+		trigger_create_kthread_locked();
 		/* Check again after taking mutex */
 		if (!trigger_kthread) {
-			struct task_struct *kthread;
-
-			kthread = kthread_create(trigger_kthread_fn, NULL,
-						 "trigger_data_free");
-			if (!IS_ERR(kthread))
-				WRITE_ONCE(trigger_kthread, kthread);
+			llist_add(&data->llist, &trigger_data_free_list);
+			/* Drain the queued frees synchronously if creation failed. */
+			trigger_data_free_queued_locked();
+			return;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!trigger_kthread) {
-		/* Do it the slow way */
-		tracepoint_synchronize_unregister();
-		kfree(data);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	llist_add(&data->llist, &trigger_data_free_list);
 	wake_up_process(trigger_kthread);
 }
 
+static int __init trigger_data_free_init(void)
+{
+	guard(mutex)(&trigger_data_kthread_mutex);
+
+	if (llist_empty(&trigger_data_free_list))
+		return 0;
+
+	trigger_create_kthread_locked();
+	if (trigger_kthread)
+		wake_up_process(trigger_kthread);
+	else
+		trigger_data_free_queued_locked();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(trigger_data_free_init);
+
 static inline void data_ops_trigger(struct event_trigger_data *data,
 				    struct trace_buffer *buffer,  void *rec,
 				    struct ring_buffer_event *event)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c b/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
index dee610e..be6cf0b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
@@ -2073,8 +2073,8 @@ static void osnoise_hotplug_workfn(struct work_struct *dummy)
 	if (!osnoise_has_registered_instances())
 		return;
 
-	guard(mutex)(&interface_lock);
 	guard(cpus_read_lock)();
+	guard(mutex)(&interface_lock);
 
 	if (!cpu_online(cpu))
 		return;
@@ -2237,11 +2237,11 @@ static ssize_t osnoise_options_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 	if (running)
 		stop_per_cpu_kthreads();
 
-	mutex_lock(&interface_lock);
 	/*
 	 * avoid CPU hotplug operations that might read options.
 	 */
 	cpus_read_lock();
+	mutex_lock(&interface_lock);
 
 	retval = cnt;
 
@@ -2257,8 +2257,8 @@ static ssize_t osnoise_options_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 			clear_bit(option, &osnoise_options);
 	}
 
-	cpus_read_unlock();
 	mutex_unlock(&interface_lock);
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 
 	if (running)
 		start_per_cpu_kthreads();
@@ -2345,16 +2345,16 @@ osnoise_cpus_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t count,
 	if (running)
 		stop_per_cpu_kthreads();
 
-	mutex_lock(&interface_lock);
 	/*
 	 * osnoise_cpumask is read by CPU hotplug operations.
 	 */
 	cpus_read_lock();
+	mutex_lock(&interface_lock);
 
 	cpumask_copy(&osnoise_cpumask, osnoise_cpumask_new);
 
-	cpus_read_unlock();
 	mutex_unlock(&interface_lock);
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 
 	if (running)
 		start_per_cpu_kthreads();