diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 286bbad7681b..c456c2b06277 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4368,6 +4368,10 @@ int trace_keep_overwrite(struct tracer *tracer, u32 mask, int set)
 
 int set_tracer_flag(struct trace_array *tr, unsigned int mask, int enabled)
 {
+	if ((mask == TRACE_ITER_RECORD_TGID) ||
+	    (mask == TRACE_ITER_RECORD_CMD))
+		lockdep_assert_held(&event_mutex);
+
 	/* do nothing if flag is already set */
 	if (!!(tr->trace_flags & mask) == !!enabled)
 		return 0;
@@ -4433,6 +4437,7 @@ static int trace_set_options(struct trace_array *tr, char *option)
 		cmp += 2;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 
 	for (i = 0; trace_options[i]; i++) {
@@ -4447,6 +4452,7 @@ static int trace_set_options(struct trace_array *tr, char *option)
 		ret = set_tracer_option(tr, cmp, neg);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * If the first trailing whitespace is replaced with '\0' by strstrip,
@@ -7373,9 +7379,11 @@ trace_options_core_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 	if (val != 0 && val != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 	ret = set_tracer_flag(tr, 1 << index, val);
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 654a1587f6dd..2b0a01b2be2d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ void trace_event_enable_cmd_record(bool enable)
 	struct trace_event_file *file;
 	struct trace_array *tr;
 
-	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&event_mutex);
+
 	do_for_each_event_file(tr, file) {
 
 		if (!(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED))
@@ -340,7 +341,6 @@ void trace_event_enable_cmd_record(bool enable)
 			clear_bit(EVENT_FILE_FL_RECORDED_CMD_BIT, &file->flags);
 		}
 	} while_for_each_event_file();
-	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 }
 
 void trace_event_enable_tgid_record(bool enable)
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ void trace_event_enable_tgid_record(bool enable)
 	struct trace_event_file *file;
 	struct trace_array *tr;
 
-	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&event_mutex);
+
 	do_for_each_event_file(tr, file) {
 		if (!(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED))
 			continue;
@@ -362,7 +363,6 @@ void trace_event_enable_tgid_record(bool enable)
 				  &file->flags);
 		}
 	} while_for_each_event_file();
-	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 }
 
 static int __ftrace_event_enable_disable(struct trace_event_file *file,