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diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 8d2b98812625..9ed6d92768af 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -8525,6 +8525,19 @@ static int allocate_trace_buffers(struct trace_array *tr, int size)
 	 */
 	allocate_snapshot = false;
 #endif
+
+	/*
+	 * Because of some magic with the way alloc_percpu() works on
+	 * x86_64, we need to synchronize the pgd of all the tables,
+	 * otherwise the trace events that happen in x86_64 page fault
+	 * handlers can't cope with accessing the chance that a
+	 * alloc_percpu()'d memory might be touched in the page fault trace
+	 * event. Oh, and we need to audit all other alloc_percpu() and vmalloc()
+	 * calls in tracing, because something might get triggered within a
+	 * page fault trace event!
+	 */
+	vmalloc_sync_mappings();
+
 	return 0;
 }