diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
index 9d3fe0658398..cdc975929d15 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ void *ftrace_event_buffer_reserve(struct ftrace_event_buffer *fbuffer,
 
 void ftrace_event_buffer_commit(struct ftrace_event_buffer *fbuffer);
 
+int ftrace_event_define_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call,
+			      char *type, int len, char *item, int offset,
+			      int field_size, int sign, int filter);
+
 enum {
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_FILTERED_BIT,
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_CAP_ANY_BIT,
@@ -519,6 +523,10 @@ enum {
 	FILTER_TRACE_FN,
 };
 
+#define EVENT_STORAGE_SIZE 128
+extern struct mutex event_storage_mutex;
+extern char event_storage[EVENT_STORAGE_SIZE];
+
 extern int trace_event_raw_init(struct ftrace_event_call *call);
 extern int trace_define_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call, const char *type,
 			      const char *name, int offset, int size,
diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h
index e15ae4010d51..d1d91875faa5 100644
--- a/include/trace/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h
@@ -302,11 +302,15 @@ static struct trace_event_functions ftrace_event_type_funcs_##call = {	\
 #undef __array
 #define __array(type, item, len)					\
 	do {								\
+		mutex_lock(&event_storage_mutex);			\
 		BUILD_BUG_ON(len > MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL);			\
-		ret = ftrace_event_define_field(event_call, #type, len,	\
-				#item, offsetof(typeof(field), item),   \
-				sizeof(field.item),			\
-			 	is_signed_type(type), FILTER_OTHER); \
+		snprintf(event_storage, sizeof(event_storage),		\
+			 "%s[%d]", #type, len);				\
+		ret = trace_define_field(event_call, event_storage, #item, \
+				 offsetof(typeof(field), item),		\
+				 sizeof(field.item),			\
+				 is_signed_type(type), FILTER_OTHER);	\
+		mutex_unlock(&event_storage_mutex);			\
 		if (ret)						\
 			return ret;					\
 	} while (0);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index b8f73b333a3c..2f7b8e31e3a4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
 
 DEFINE_MUTEX(event_mutex);
 
+DEFINE_MUTEX(event_storage_mutex);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(event_storage_mutex);
+
+char event_storage[EVENT_STORAGE_SIZE];
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(event_storage);
+
 LIST_HEAD(ftrace_events);
 static LIST_HEAD(ftrace_common_fields);
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
index 39c746c5ae73..7c3e3e72e2b6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
@@ -96,10 +96,14 @@ static void __always_unused ____ftrace_check_##name(void)		\
 #define __array(type, item, len)					\
 	do {								\
 		BUILD_BUG_ON(len > MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL);			\
-		ret = ftrace_event_define_field(event_call, #type, len,	\
-				#item, offsetof(typeof(field), item),   \
-				sizeof(field.item),			\
-			 	is_signed_type(type), filter_type);	\
+		mutex_lock(&event_storage_mutex);			\
+		snprintf(event_storage, sizeof(event_storage),		\
+			 "%s[%d]", #type, len);				\
+		ret = trace_define_field(event_call, event_storage, #item, \
+				 offsetof(typeof(field), item),		\
+				 sizeof(field.item),			\
+				 is_signed_type(type), filter_type);	\
+		mutex_unlock(&event_storage_mutex);			\
 		if (ret)						\
 			return ret;					\
 	} while (0);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index ee8d74840b88..ca0e79e2abaa 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ static struct hlist_head event_hash[EVENT_HASHSIZE] __read_mostly;
 
 static int next_event_type = __TRACE_LAST_TYPE + 1;
 
-#define EVENT_STORAGE_SIZE 128
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(event_storage_mutex);
-static char event_storage[EVENT_STORAGE_SIZE];
-
 int trace_print_seq(struct seq_file *m, struct trace_seq *s)
 {
 	int len = s->len >= PAGE_SIZE ? PAGE_SIZE - 1 : s->len;
@@ -474,23 +470,6 @@ int ftrace_output_call(struct trace_iterator *iter, char *name, char *fmt, ...)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ftrace_output_call);
 
-int ftrace_event_define_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call,
-			      char *type, int len, char *item, int offset,
-			      int field_size, int sign, int filter)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	mutex_lock(&event_storage_mutex);
-	snprintf(event_storage, sizeof(event_storage),
-		 "%s[%d]", type, len);
-	ret = trace_define_field(call, event_storage, item, offset,
-				 field_size, sign, filter);
-	mutex_unlock(&event_storage_mutex);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ftrace_event_define_field);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_KRETPROBES
 static inline const char *kretprobed(const char *name)
 {