diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 248794fe3155..928bfd4053bc 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 75c8b417526529d0a7072e4d93ec99dbd483a6f4
+refs/heads/master: ee6cdabc820a29bd607f38d9cb335c3ceddc673b
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index c4a413b70f78..fd01d8022ad1 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -276,11 +276,19 @@ static struct filter_pred *copy_pred(struct filter_pred *pred)
 		return NULL;
 
 	memcpy(new_pred, pred, sizeof(*pred));
+
+	if (pred->field_name) {
+		new_pred->field_name = kstrdup(pred->field_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!new_pred->field_name) {
+			kfree(new_pred);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (pred->str_val) {
 		new_pred->str_val = kstrdup(pred->str_val, GFP_KERNEL);
-		new_pred->field_name = kstrdup(pred->field_name, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!new_pred->str_val) {
-			kfree(new_pred);
+			filter_free_pred(new_pred);
 			return NULL;
 		}
 	}