diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 714285e23a2e..a8590d2394e3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/seq_buf.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/tracefs.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
@@ -4604,13 +4605,20 @@ extern struct trace_event_call *__start_ftrace_events[];
 extern struct trace_event_call *__stop_ftrace_events[];
 
 static char bootup_event_buf[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __initdata;
+static struct seq_buf bootup_event_seq __initdata = {
+	.buffer = bootup_event_buf,
+	.size = sizeof(bootup_event_buf),
+};
 
 static __init int setup_trace_event(char *str)
 {
-	if (bootup_event_buf[0] != '\0')
-		strlcat(bootup_event_buf, ",", COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+	if (seq_buf_used(&bootup_event_seq) > 0)
+		seq_buf_puts(&bootup_event_seq, ",");
 
-	strlcat(bootup_event_buf, str, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+	seq_buf_puts(&bootup_event_seq, str);
+
+	if (seq_buf_has_overflowed(&bootup_event_seq))
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	trace_set_ring_buffer_expanded(NULL);
 	disable_tracing_selftest("running event tracing");
@@ -4869,6 +4877,7 @@ static __init int event_trace_enable(void)
 	 */
 	__trace_early_add_events(tr);
 
+	seq_buf_str(&bootup_event_seq);
 	early_enable_events(tr, bootup_event_buf, false);
 
 	trace_printk_start_comm();
@@ -4897,6 +4906,7 @@ static __init int event_trace_enable_again(void)
 	if (!tr)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	seq_buf_str(&bootup_event_seq);
 	early_enable_events(tr, bootup_event_buf, true);
 
 	return 0;