diff --git a/include/linux/trace_seq.h b/include/linux/trace_seq.h
index 85d37106be3d..cfaf5a1d4bad 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_seq.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_seq.h
@@ -23,6 +23,24 @@ trace_seq_init(struct trace_seq *s)
 	s->full = 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * trace_seq_used - amount of actual data written to buffer
+ * @s: trace sequence descriptor
+ *
+ * Returns the amount of data written to the buffer.
+ *
+ * IMPORTANT!
+ *
+ * Use this instead of @s->seq.len if you need to pass the amount
+ * of data from the buffer to another buffer (userspace, or what not).
+ * The @s->seq.len on overflow is bigger than the buffer size and
+ * using it can cause access to undefined memory.
+ */
+static inline int trace_seq_used(struct trace_seq *s)
+{
+	return seq_buf_used(&s->seq);
+}
+
 /**
  * trace_seq_buffer_ptr - return pointer to next location in buffer
  * @s: trace sequence descriptor
@@ -35,7 +53,7 @@ trace_seq_init(struct trace_seq *s)
 static inline unsigned char *
 trace_seq_buffer_ptr(struct trace_seq *s)
 {
-	return s->buffer + s->seq.len;
+	return s->buffer + seq_buf_used(&s->seq);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/trace/seq_buf.c b/kernel/trace/seq_buf.c
index 9ec5305d9da7..ce17f65268ed 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/seq_buf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/seq_buf.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ int seq_buf_to_user(struct seq_buf *s, char __user *ubuf, int cnt)
 	if (s->len <= s->readpos)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	len = s->len - s->readpos;
+	len = seq_buf_used(s) - s->readpos;
 	if (cnt > len)
 		cnt = len;
 	ret = copy_to_user(ubuf, s->buffer + s->readpos, cnt);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 0aa75be843a0..9023446b2c2b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -944,10 +944,10 @@ static ssize_t trace_seq_to_buffer(struct trace_seq *s, void *buf, size_t cnt)
 {
 	int len;
 
-	if (s->seq.len <= s->seq.readpos)
+	if (trace_seq_used(s) <= s->seq.readpos)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	len = s->seq.len - s->seq.readpos;
+	len = trace_seq_used(s) - s->seq.readpos;
 	if (cnt > len)
 		cnt = len;
 	memcpy(buf, s->buffer + s->seq.readpos, cnt);
@@ -4514,18 +4514,18 @@ tracing_read_pipe(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 	trace_access_lock(iter->cpu_file);
 	while (trace_find_next_entry_inc(iter) != NULL) {
 		enum print_line_t ret;
-		int len = iter->seq.seq.len;
+		int save_len = iter->seq.seq.len;
 
 		ret = print_trace_line(iter);
 		if (ret == TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE) {
 			/* don't print partial lines */
-			iter->seq.seq.len = len;
+			iter->seq.seq.len = save_len;
 			break;
 		}
 		if (ret != TRACE_TYPE_NO_CONSUME)
 			trace_consume(iter);
 
-		if (iter->seq.seq.len >= cnt)
+		if (trace_seq_used(&iter->seq) >= cnt)
 			break;
 
 		/*
@@ -4541,7 +4541,7 @@ tracing_read_pipe(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 
 	/* Now copy what we have to the user */
 	sret = trace_seq_to_user(&iter->seq, ubuf, cnt);
-	if (iter->seq.seq.readpos >= iter->seq.seq.len)
+	if (iter->seq.seq.readpos >= trace_seq_used(&iter->seq))
 		trace_seq_init(&iter->seq);
 
 	/*
@@ -4598,7 +4598,7 @@ tracing_fill_pipe_page(size_t rem, struct trace_iterator *iter)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		count = iter->seq.seq.len - save_len;
+		count = trace_seq_used(&iter->seq) - save_len;
 		if (rem < count) {
 			rem = 0;
 			iter->seq.seq.len = save_len;
@@ -4682,13 +4682,13 @@ static ssize_t tracing_splice_read_pipe(struct file *filp,
 		/* Copy the data into the page, so we can start over. */
 		ret = trace_seq_to_buffer(&iter->seq,
 					  page_address(spd.pages[i]),
-					  iter->seq.seq.len);
+					  trace_seq_used(&iter->seq));
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			__free_page(spd.pages[i]);
 			break;
 		}
 		spd.partial[i].offset = 0;
-		spd.partial[i].len = iter->seq.seq.len;
+		spd.partial[i].len = trace_seq_used(&iter->seq);
 
 		trace_seq_init(&iter->seq);
 	}
@@ -5689,7 +5689,8 @@ tracing_stats_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 	cnt = ring_buffer_read_events_cpu(trace_buf->buffer, cpu);
 	trace_seq_printf(s, "read events: %ld\n", cnt);
 
-	count = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, count, ppos, s->buffer, s->seq.len);
+	count = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, count, ppos,
+					s->buffer, trace_seq_used(s));
 
 	kfree(s);
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 4d0067dd7f88..935cbea78532 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -1044,7 +1044,8 @@ event_filter_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 
 	if (file)
-		r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, s->buffer, s->seq.len);
+		r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos,
+					    s->buffer, trace_seq_used(s));
 
 	kfree(s);
 
@@ -1210,7 +1211,8 @@ subsystem_filter_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 	trace_seq_init(s);
 
 	print_subsystem_event_filter(system, s);
-	r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, s->buffer, s->seq.len);
+	r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos,
+				    s->buffer, trace_seq_used(s));
 
 	kfree(s);
 
@@ -1265,7 +1267,8 @@ show_header(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 	trace_seq_init(s);
 
 	func(s);
-	r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, s->buffer, s->seq.len);
+	r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos,
+				    s->buffer, trace_seq_used(s));
 
 	kfree(s);
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
index 6d1342ae7a44..ec35468349a7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
@@ -1153,6 +1153,9 @@ print_graph_comment(struct trace_seq *s, struct trace_entry *ent,
 			return ret;
 	}
 
+	if (trace_seq_has_overflowed(s))
+		goto out;
+
 	/* Strip ending newline */
 	if (s->buffer[s->seq.len - 1] == '\n') {
 		s->buffer[s->seq.len - 1] = '\0';
@@ -1160,7 +1163,7 @@ print_graph_comment(struct trace_seq *s, struct trace_entry *ent,
 	}
 
 	trace_seq_puts(s, " */\n");
-
+ out:
 	return trace_handle_return(s);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_seq.c b/kernel/trace/trace_seq.c
index 74cacc930c24..f8b45d8792f9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_seq.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_seq.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #define TRACE_SEQ_BUF_LEFT(s) seq_buf_buffer_left(&(s)->seq)
 
 /* How much buffer is written? */
-#define TRACE_SEQ_BUF_USED(s) min((s)->seq.len, (unsigned int)(PAGE_SIZE - 1))
+#define TRACE_SEQ_BUF_USED(s) seq_buf_used(&(s)->seq)
 
 /*
  * trace_seq should work with being initialized with 0s.