diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index df0e15316163..d6fc4586fe51 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cd891ae0305601bdb4d2e7e85282961c4ff256cd
+refs/heads/master: 5beae6efd1004b44c3e257dc96087978e4c763c1
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/trace/trace.c b/trunk/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 5d704a41f836..9058240c85ca 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3531,6 +3531,7 @@ tracing_buffers_splice_read(struct file *file, loff_t *ppos,
 		if (!ref)
 			break;
 
+		ref->ref = 1;
 		ref->buffer = info->tr->buffer;
 		ref->page = ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(ref->buffer);
 		if (!ref->page) {