diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 27bb2e61276e..dd3e91d68dc7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -5566,6 +5566,15 @@ static void clear_ftrace_pids(struct trace_array *tr)
 	trace_free_pid_list(pid_list);
 }
 
+void ftrace_clear_pids(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
+
+	clear_ftrace_pids(tr);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
+}
+
 static void ftrace_pid_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index f35109514a01..d484452ae648 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -7402,6 +7402,7 @@ static int instance_rmdir(const char *name)
 
 	tracing_set_nop(tr);
 	event_trace_del_tracer(tr);
+	ftrace_clear_pids(tr);
 	ftrace_destroy_function_files(tr);
 	tracefs_remove_recursive(tr->dir);
 	free_trace_buffers(tr);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index ae1cce91fead..d19d52d600d6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -896,6 +896,7 @@ int using_ftrace_ops_list_func(void);
 void ftrace_init_tracefs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer);
 void ftrace_init_tracefs_toplevel(struct trace_array *tr,
 				  struct dentry *d_tracer);
+void ftrace_clear_pids(struct trace_array *tr);
 #else
 static inline int ftrace_trace_task(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
@@ -914,6 +915,7 @@ ftrace_init_global_array_ops(struct trace_array *tr) { }
 static inline void ftrace_reset_array_ops(struct trace_array *tr) { }
 static inline void ftrace_init_tracefs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d) { }
 static inline void ftrace_init_tracefs_toplevel(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d) { }
+static inline void ftrace_clear_pids(struct trace_array *tr) { }
 /* ftace_func_t type is not defined, use macro instead of static inline */
 #define ftrace_init_array_ops(tr, func) do { } while (0)
 #endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER */