event_filter_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
                  loff_t *ppos)
 {
-       struct ftrace_event_call *call = filp->private_data;
+       struct ftrace_event_call *call;
        struct trace_seq *s;
-       int r;
+       int r = -ENODEV;
 
        if (*ppos)
                return 0;
 
        s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
+
        if (!s)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        trace_seq_init(s);
 
-       print_event_filter(call, s);
-       r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, s->buffer, s->len);
+       mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+       call = event_file_data(filp);
+       if (call)
+               print_event_filter(call, s);
+       mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
+
+       if (call)
+               r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, s->buffer, s->len);
 
        kfree(s);
 
 event_filter_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
                   loff_t *ppos)
 {
-       struct ftrace_event_call *call = filp->private_data;
+       struct ftrace_event_call *call;
        char *buf;
-       int err;
+       int err = -ENODEV;
 
        if (cnt >= PAGE_SIZE)
                return -EINVAL;
        }
        buf[cnt] = '\0';
 
-       err = apply_event_filter(call, buf);
+       mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+       call = event_file_data(filp);
+       if (call)
+               err = apply_event_filter(call, buf);
+       mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
+
        free_page((unsigned long) buf);
        if (err < 0)
                return err;
 
        free_page((unsigned long) buf);
 }
 
+/* caller must hold event_mutex */
 void print_event_filter(struct ftrace_event_call *call, struct trace_seq *s)
 {
-       struct event_filter *filter;
+       struct event_filter *filter = call->filter;
 
-       mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
-       filter = call->filter;
        if (filter && filter->filter_string)
                trace_seq_printf(s, "%s\n", filter->filter_string);
        else
                trace_seq_puts(s, "none\n");
-       mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 }
 
 void print_subsystem_event_filter(struct event_subsystem *system,
        return err;
 }
 
+/* caller must hold event_mutex */
 int apply_event_filter(struct ftrace_event_call *call, char *filter_string)
 {
        struct event_filter *filter;
-       int err = 0;
-
-       mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+       int err;
 
        if (!strcmp(strstrip(filter_string), "0")) {
                filter_disable(call);
                filter = call->filter;
                if (!filter)
-                       goto out_unlock;
+                       return 0;
                RCU_INIT_POINTER(call->filter, NULL);
                /* Make sure the filter is not being used */
                synchronize_sched();
                __free_filter(filter);
-               goto out_unlock;
+               return 0;
        }
 
        err = create_filter(call, filter_string, true, &filter);
                        __free_filter(tmp);
                }
        }
-out_unlock:
-       mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 
        return err;
 }