diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
index 10bbb0f381d56..ee4571b624bcb 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
@@ -562,6 +562,8 @@ static int __irqsoff_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)
 	/* non overwrite screws up the latency tracers */
 	set_tracer_flag(tr, TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE, 1);
 	set_tracer_flag(tr, TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT, 1);
+	/* without pause, we will produce garbage if another latency occurs */
+	set_tracer_flag(tr, TRACE_ITER_PAUSE_ON_TRACE, 1);
 
 	tr->max_latency = 0;
 	irqsoff_trace = tr;
@@ -583,11 +585,13 @@ static void __irqsoff_tracer_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	int lat_flag = save_flags & TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
 	int overwrite_flag = save_flags & TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE;
+	int pause_flag = save_flags & TRACE_ITER_PAUSE_ON_TRACE;
 
 	stop_irqsoff_tracer(tr, is_graph(tr));
 
 	set_tracer_flag(tr, TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT, lat_flag);
 	set_tracer_flag(tr, TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE, overwrite_flag);
+	set_tracer_flag(tr, TRACE_ITER_PAUSE_ON_TRACE, pause_flag);
 	ftrace_reset_array_ops(tr);
 
 	irqsoff_busy = false;