diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 03bb0ee7bfe9..67707ff28fc5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -2849,6 +2849,12 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct trace_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size,
 	if (nr_pages < 2)
 		nr_pages = 2;
 
+	/*
+	 * Keep CPUs from coming online while resizing to synchronize
+	 * with new per CPU buffers being created.
+	 */
+	guard(cpus_read_lock)();
+
 	/* prevent another thread from changing buffer sizes */
 	mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
 	atomic_inc(&buffer->resizing);
@@ -2893,7 +2899,6 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct trace_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size,
 			cond_resched();
 		}
 
-		cpus_read_lock();
 		/*
 		 * Fire off all the required work handlers
 		 * We can't schedule on offline CPUs, but it's not necessary
@@ -2933,7 +2938,6 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct trace_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size,
 			cpu_buffer->nr_pages_to_update = 0;
 		}
 
-		cpus_read_unlock();
 	} else {
 		cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu_id];
 
@@ -2961,8 +2965,6 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct trace_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size,
 			goto out_err;
 		}
 
-		cpus_read_lock();
-
 		/* Can't run something on an offline CPU. */
 		if (!cpu_online(cpu_id))
 			rb_update_pages(cpu_buffer);
@@ -2981,7 +2983,6 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct trace_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size,
 		}
 
 		cpu_buffer->nr_pages_to_update = 0;
-		cpus_read_unlock();
 	}
 
  out: