diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index acb9e5a0f5ef..e37a8e0352f3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -2275,7 +2275,7 @@ rb_iter_head_event(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter)
 	 */
 	barrier();
 
-	if ((iter->head + length) > commit || length > BUF_MAX_DATA_SIZE)
+	if ((iter->head + length) > commit || length > BUF_PAGE_SIZE)
 		/* Writer corrupted the read? */
 		goto reset;
 
@@ -4836,7 +4836,8 @@ ring_buffer_read_prepare(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu, gfp_t flags)
 	if (!iter)
 		return NULL;
 
-	iter->event = kmalloc(BUF_MAX_DATA_SIZE, flags);
+	/* Holds the entire event: data and meta data */
+	iter->event = kmalloc(BUF_PAGE_SIZE, flags);
 	if (!iter->event) {
 		kfree(iter);
 		return NULL;