diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
index 4372658..f98ab06 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
 			      const char *name, int offset, int size,
 			      int is_signed, int filter_type);
 extern int trace_add_event_call(struct ftrace_event_call *call);
-extern void trace_remove_event_call(struct ftrace_event_call *call);
+extern int trace_remove_event_call(struct ftrace_event_call *call);
 
 #define is_signed_type(type)	(((type)(-1)) < (type)1)
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index a67c913..ec04836 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -1713,16 +1713,47 @@
 	destroy_preds(call);
 }
 
-/* Remove an event_call */
-void trace_remove_event_call(struct ftrace_event_call *call)
+static int probe_remove_event_call(struct ftrace_event_call *call)
 {
+	struct trace_array *tr;
+	struct ftrace_event_file *file;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+	if (call->perf_refcount)
+		return -EBUSY;
+#endif
+	do_for_each_event_file(tr, file) {
+		if (file->event_call != call)
+			continue;
+		/*
+		 * We can't rely on ftrace_event_enable_disable(enable => 0)
+		 * we are going to do, FTRACE_EVENT_FL_SOFT_MODE can suppress
+		 * TRACE_REG_UNREGISTER.
+		 */
+		if (file->flags & FTRACE_EVENT_FL_ENABLED)
+			return -EBUSY;
+		break;
+	} while_for_each_event_file();
+
+	__trace_remove_event_call(call);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Remove an event_call */
+int trace_remove_event_call(struct ftrace_event_call *call)
+{
+	int ret;
+
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
 	down_write(&trace_event_sem);
-	__trace_remove_event_call(call);
+	ret = probe_remove_event_call(call);
 	up_write(&trace_event_sem);
 	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #define for_each_event(event, start, end)			\