diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 65fe2a4f9824..d1c85c5f5f51 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1679,11 +1679,22 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct ring_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size,
 			if (!cpu_buffer->nr_pages_to_update)
 				continue;
 
-			if (cpu_online(cpu))
+			/* The update must run on the CPU that is being updated. */
+			preempt_disable();
+			if (cpu == smp_processor_id() || !cpu_online(cpu)) {
+				rb_update_pages(cpu_buffer);
+				cpu_buffer->nr_pages_to_update = 0;
+			} else {
+				/*
+				 * Can not disable preemption for schedule_work_on()
+				 * on PREEMPT_RT.
+				 */
+				preempt_enable();
 				schedule_work_on(cpu,
 						&cpu_buffer->update_pages_work);
-			else
-				rb_update_pages(cpu_buffer);
+				preempt_disable();
+			}
+			preempt_enable();
 		}
 
 		/* wait for all the updates to complete */
@@ -1721,12 +1732,22 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct ring_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size,
 
 		get_online_cpus();
 
-		if (cpu_online(cpu_id)) {
+		preempt_disable();
+		/* The update must run on the CPU that is being updated. */
+		if (cpu_id == smp_processor_id() || !cpu_online(cpu_id))
+			rb_update_pages(cpu_buffer);
+		else {
+			/*
+			 * Can not disable preemption for schedule_work_on()
+			 * on PREEMPT_RT.
+			 */
+			preempt_enable();
 			schedule_work_on(cpu_id,
 					 &cpu_buffer->update_pages_work);
 			wait_for_completion(&cpu_buffer->update_done);
-		} else
-			rb_update_pages(cpu_buffer);
+			preempt_disable();
+		}
+		preempt_enable();
 
 		cpu_buffer->nr_pages_to_update = 0;
 		put_online_cpus();