diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index a8ad5141d7ba..b4979f6a449d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1112,16 +1112,32 @@ __poll_t ring_buffer_poll_wait(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu,
 		poll_wait(filp, &rbwork->full_waiters, poll_table);
 
 		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
-		rbwork->full_waiters_pending = true;
 		if (!cpu_buffer->shortest_full ||
 		    cpu_buffer->shortest_full > full)
 			cpu_buffer->shortest_full = full;
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
-	} else {
-		poll_wait(filp, &rbwork->waiters, poll_table);
-		rbwork->waiters_pending = true;
+		if (full_hit(buffer, cpu, full))
+			return EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
+		/*
+		 * Only allow full_waiters_pending update to be seen after
+		 * the shortest_full is set. If the writer sees the
+		 * full_waiters_pending flag set, it will compare the
+		 * amount in the ring buffer to shortest_full. If the amount
+		 * in the ring buffer is greater than the shortest_full
+		 * percent, it will call the irq_work handler to wake up
+		 * this list. The irq_handler will reset shortest_full
+		 * back to zero. That's done under the reader_lock, but
+		 * the below smp_mb() makes sure that the update to
+		 * full_waiters_pending doesn't leak up into the above.
+		 */
+		smp_mb();
+		rbwork->full_waiters_pending = true;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
+	poll_wait(filp, &rbwork->waiters, poll_table);
+	rbwork->waiters_pending = true;
+
 	/*
 	 * There's a tight race between setting the waiters_pending and
 	 * checking if the ring buffer is empty.  Once the waiters_pending bit
@@ -1137,9 +1153,6 @@ __poll_t ring_buffer_poll_wait(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu,
 	 */
 	smp_mb();
 
-	if (full)
-		return full_hit(buffer, cpu, full) ? EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM : 0;
-
 	if ((cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS && !ring_buffer_empty(buffer)) ||
 	    (cpu != RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS && !ring_buffer_empty_cpu(buffer, cpu)))
 		return EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;