diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 3811487e7a7a1d..243f6834d02675 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static __kprobes bool trace_probe_is_on_module(struct trace_probe *tp)
 }
 
 static int register_probe_event(struct trace_probe *tp);
-static void unregister_probe_event(struct trace_probe *tp);
+static int unregister_probe_event(struct trace_probe *tp);
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(probe_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(probe_list);
@@ -351,9 +351,12 @@ static int unregister_trace_probe(struct trace_probe *tp)
 	if (trace_probe_is_enabled(tp))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
+	/* Will fail if probe is being used by ftrace or perf */
+	if (unregister_probe_event(tp))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	__unregister_trace_probe(tp);
 	list_del(&tp->list);
-	unregister_probe_event(tp);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -632,7 +635,9 @@ static int release_all_trace_probes(void)
 	/* TODO: Use batch unregistration */
 	while (!list_empty(&probe_list)) {
 		tp = list_entry(probe_list.next, struct trace_probe, list);
-		unregister_trace_probe(tp);
+		ret = unregister_trace_probe(tp);
+		if (ret)
+			goto end;
 		free_trace_probe(tp);
 	}
 
@@ -1247,11 +1252,15 @@ static int register_probe_event(struct trace_probe *tp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void unregister_probe_event(struct trace_probe *tp)
+static int unregister_probe_event(struct trace_probe *tp)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	/* tp->event is unregistered in trace_remove_event_call() */
-	trace_remove_event_call(&tp->call);
-	kfree(tp->call.print_fmt);
+	ret = trace_remove_event_call(&tp->call);
+	if (!ret)
+		kfree(tp->call.print_fmt);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Make a debugfs interface for controlling probe points */