diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index ab4c1a1fbda8..70202e60a60a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2346,6 +2346,10 @@ struct saved_cmdlines_buffer {
 };
 static struct saved_cmdlines_buffer *savedcmd;
 
+/* Holds the size of a cmdline and pid element */
+#define SAVED_CMDLINE_MAP_ELEMENT_SIZE(s)			\
+	(TASK_COMM_LEN + sizeof((s)->map_cmdline_to_pid[0]))
+
 static inline char *get_saved_cmdlines(int idx)
 {
 	return &savedcmd->saved_cmdlines[idx * TASK_COMM_LEN];
@@ -2360,7 +2364,6 @@ static void free_saved_cmdlines_buffer(struct saved_cmdlines_buffer *s)
 {
 	int order = get_order(sizeof(*s) + s->cmdline_num * TASK_COMM_LEN);
 
-	kfree(s->map_cmdline_to_pid);
 	kmemleak_free(s);
 	free_pages((unsigned long)s, order);
 }
@@ -2373,7 +2376,7 @@ static struct saved_cmdlines_buffer *allocate_cmdlines_buffer(unsigned int val)
 	int order;
 
 	/* Figure out how much is needed to hold the given number of cmdlines */
-	orig_size = sizeof(*s) + val * TASK_COMM_LEN;
+	orig_size = sizeof(*s) + val * SAVED_CMDLINE_MAP_ELEMENT_SIZE(s);
 	order = get_order(orig_size);
 	size = 1 << (order + PAGE_SHIFT);
 	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order);
@@ -2385,16 +2388,11 @@ static struct saved_cmdlines_buffer *allocate_cmdlines_buffer(unsigned int val)
 	memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
 
 	/* Round up to actual allocation */
-	val = (size - sizeof(*s)) / TASK_COMM_LEN;
+	val = (size - sizeof(*s)) / SAVED_CMDLINE_MAP_ELEMENT_SIZE(s);
 	s->cmdline_num = val;
 
-	s->map_cmdline_to_pid = kmalloc_array(val,
-					      sizeof(*s->map_cmdline_to_pid),
-					      GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!s->map_cmdline_to_pid) {
-		free_saved_cmdlines_buffer(s);
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	/* Place map_cmdline_to_pid array right after saved_cmdlines */
+	s->map_cmdline_to_pid = (unsigned *)&s->saved_cmdlines[val * TASK_COMM_LEN];
 
 	s->cmdline_idx = 0;
 	memset(&s->map_pid_to_cmdline, NO_CMDLINE_MAP,