diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index fc00356a5a0a..ae2ffd7b4f4d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ struct saved_cmdlines_buffer {
 	unsigned *map_cmdline_to_pid;
 	unsigned cmdline_num;
 	int cmdline_idx;
-	char *saved_cmdlines;
+	char saved_cmdlines[];
 };
 static struct saved_cmdlines_buffer *savedcmd;
 
@@ -2325,47 +2325,58 @@ static inline void set_cmdline(int idx, const char *cmdline)
 	strncpy(get_saved_cmdlines(idx), cmdline, TASK_COMM_LEN);
 }
 
-static int allocate_cmdlines_buffer(unsigned int val,
-				    struct saved_cmdlines_buffer *s)
+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);
+	free_pages((unsigned long)s, order);
+}
+
+static struct saved_cmdlines_buffer *allocate_cmdlines_buffer(unsigned int val)
+{
+	struct saved_cmdlines_buffer *s;
+	struct page *page;
+	int orig_size, size;
+	int order;
+
+	/* Figure out how much is needed to hold the given number of cmdlines */
+	orig_size = sizeof(*s) + val * TASK_COMM_LEN;
+	order = get_order(orig_size);
+	size = 1 << (order + PAGE_SHIFT);
+	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order);
+	if (!page)
+		return NULL;
+
+	s = page_address(page);
+	memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
+
+	/* Round up to actual allocation */
+	val = (size - sizeof(*s)) / TASK_COMM_LEN;
+	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)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	s->saved_cmdlines = kmalloc_array(TASK_COMM_LEN, val, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!s->saved_cmdlines) {
-		kfree(s->map_cmdline_to_pid);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!s->map_cmdline_to_pid) {
+		free_saved_cmdlines_buffer(s);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	s->cmdline_idx = 0;
-	s->cmdline_num = val;
 	memset(&s->map_pid_to_cmdline, NO_CMDLINE_MAP,
 	       sizeof(s->map_pid_to_cmdline));
 	memset(s->map_cmdline_to_pid, NO_CMDLINE_MAP,
 	       val * sizeof(*s->map_cmdline_to_pid));
 
-	return 0;
+	return s;
 }
 
 static int trace_create_savedcmd(void)
 {
-	int ret;
+	savedcmd = allocate_cmdlines_buffer(SAVED_CMDLINES_DEFAULT);
 
-	savedcmd = kmalloc(sizeof(*savedcmd), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!savedcmd)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	ret = allocate_cmdlines_buffer(SAVED_CMDLINES_DEFAULT, savedcmd);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		kfree(savedcmd);
-		savedcmd = NULL;
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return savedcmd ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 int is_tracing_stopped(void)
@@ -6056,26 +6067,14 @@ tracing_saved_cmdlines_size_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, r);
 }
 
-static void free_saved_cmdlines_buffer(struct saved_cmdlines_buffer *s)
-{
-	kfree(s->saved_cmdlines);
-	kfree(s->map_cmdline_to_pid);
-	kfree(s);
-}
-
 static int tracing_resize_saved_cmdlines(unsigned int val)
 {
 	struct saved_cmdlines_buffer *s, *savedcmd_temp;
 
-	s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
+	s = allocate_cmdlines_buffer(val);
 	if (!s)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (allocate_cmdlines_buffer(val, s) < 0) {
-		kfree(s);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
 	preempt_disable();
 	arch_spin_lock(&trace_cmdline_lock);
 	savedcmd_temp = savedcmd;