diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index d5a0ee40bf66c..9d9095e817928 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1993,7 +1993,7 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(__kretprobe_find_ret_addr);
 unsigned long kretprobe_find_ret_addr(struct task_struct *tsk, void *fp,
 				      struct llist_node **cur)
 {
-	struct kretprobe_instance *ri = NULL;
+	struct kretprobe_instance *ri;
 	kprobe_opcode_t *ret;
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!cur))
@@ -2802,7 +2802,7 @@ static int show_kprobe_addr(struct seq_file *pi, void *v)
 {
 	struct hlist_head *head;
 	struct kprobe *p, *kp;
-	const char *sym = NULL;
+	const char *sym;
 	unsigned int i = *(loff_t *) v;
 	unsigned long offset = 0;
 	char *modname, namebuf[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index 4dc74d73fc1df..34289f9c67076 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -1159,9 +1159,12 @@ static int traceprobe_parse_probe_arg_body(const char *argv, ssize_t *size,
 	if (!(ctx->flags & TPARG_FL_TEVENT) &&
 	    (strcmp(arg, "$comm") == 0 || strcmp(arg, "$COMM") == 0 ||
 	     strncmp(arg, "\\\"", 2) == 0)) {
-		/* The type of $comm must be "string", and not an array. */
-		if (parg->count || (t && strcmp(t, "string")))
+		/* The type of $comm must be "string", and not an array type. */
+		if (parg->count || (t && strcmp(t, "string"))) {
+			trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset + (t ? (t - arg) : 0),
+					NEED_STRING_TYPE);
 			goto out;
+		}
 		parg->type = find_fetch_type("string", ctx->flags);
 	} else
 		parg->type = find_fetch_type(t, ctx->flags);
@@ -1169,18 +1172,6 @@ static int traceprobe_parse_probe_arg_body(const char *argv, ssize_t *size,
 		trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset + (t ? (t - arg) : 0), BAD_TYPE);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	parg->offset = *size;
-	*size += parg->type->size * (parg->count ?: 1);
-
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	if (parg->count) {
-		len = strlen(parg->type->fmttype) + 6;
-		parg->fmt = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!parg->fmt)
-			goto out;
-		snprintf(parg->fmt, len, "%s[%d]", parg->type->fmttype,
-			 parg->count);
-	}
 
 	code = tmp = kcalloc(FETCH_INSN_MAX, sizeof(*code), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!code)
@@ -1204,6 +1195,19 @@ static int traceprobe_parse_probe_arg_body(const char *argv, ssize_t *size,
 				goto fail;
 		}
 	}
+	parg->offset = *size;
+	*size += parg->type->size * (parg->count ?: 1);
+
+	if (parg->count) {
+		len = strlen(parg->type->fmttype) + 6;
+		parg->fmt = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!parg->fmt) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		snprintf(parg->fmt, len, "%s[%d]", parg->type->fmttype,
+			 parg->count);
+	}
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
 	/* Store operation */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
index 850d9ecb6765a..c1877d0182691 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
@@ -515,7 +515,8 @@ extern int traceprobe_define_arg_fields(struct trace_event_call *event_call,
 	C(BAD_HYPHEN,		"Failed to parse single hyphen. Forgot '>'?"),	\
 	C(NO_BTF_FIELD,		"This field is not found."),	\
 	C(BAD_BTF_TID,		"Failed to get BTF type info."),\
-	C(BAD_TYPE4STR,		"This type does not fit for string."),
+	C(BAD_TYPE4STR,		"This type does not fit for string."),\
+	C(NEED_STRING_TYPE,	"$comm and immediate-string only accepts string type"),
 
 #undef C
 #define C(a, b)		TP_ERR_##a