diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index b1983c2aeb53..a6d15a3187d0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -5632,7 +5632,10 @@ int ftrace_regex_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	parser = &iter->parser;
 	if (trace_parser_loaded(parser)) {
-		ftrace_match_records(iter->hash, parser->buffer, parser->idx);
+		int enable = !(iter->flags & FTRACE_ITER_NOTRACE);
+
+		ftrace_process_regex(iter, parser->buffer,
+				     parser->idx, enable);
 	}
 
 	trace_parser_put(parser);