diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 306fbe14747b..d068124815bc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -8542,6 +8542,7 @@ static int __remove_instance(struct trace_array *tr)
 	ftrace_destroy_function_files(tr);
 	tracefs_remove_recursive(tr->dir);
 	free_trace_buffers(tr);
+	clear_tracing_err_log(tr);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < tr->nr_topts; i++) {
 		kfree(tr->topts[i].topts);