diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 49491fa7daa2..b32ed0e385a5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -2816,7 +2816,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_record_enable);
  * to the buffer after this will fail and return NULL.
  *
  * This is different than ring_buffer_record_disable() as
- * it works like an on/off switch, where as the disable() verison
+ * it works like an on/off switch, where as the disable() version
  * must be paired with a enable().
  */
 void ring_buffer_record_off(struct ring_buffer *buffer)
@@ -2839,7 +2839,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_record_off);
  * ring_buffer_record_off().
  *
  * This is different than ring_buffer_record_enable() as
- * it works like an on/off switch, where as the enable() verison
+ * it works like an on/off switch, where as the enable() version
  * must be paired with a disable().
  */
 void ring_buffer_record_on(struct ring_buffer *buffer)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 5c38c81496ce..08acf42e325b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -426,15 +426,15 @@ __setup("trace_buf_size=", set_buf_size);
 
 static int __init set_tracing_thresh(char *str)
 {
-	unsigned long threshhold;
+	unsigned long threshold;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!str)
 		return 0;
-	ret = strict_strtoul(str, 0, &threshhold);
+	ret = strict_strtoul(str, 0, &threshold);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return 0;
-	tracing_thresh = threshhold * 1000;
+	tracing_thresh = threshold * 1000;
 	return 1;
 }
 __setup("tracing_thresh=", set_tracing_thresh);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 431dba8b7542..c154797a7ff7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@ static int ftrace_function_set_regexp(struct ftrace_ops *ops, int filter,
 static int __ftrace_function_set_filter(int filter, char *buf, int len,
 					struct function_filter_data *data)
 {
-	int i, re_cnt, ret;
+	int i, re_cnt, ret = -EINVAL;
 	int *reset;
 	char **re;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
index 1003a4d5eb25..2c00a691a540 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
@@ -1041,6 +1041,8 @@ static int trace_wakeup_test_thread(void *data)
 	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	schedule();
 
+	complete(x);
+
 	/* we are awake, now wait to disappear */
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 		/*
@@ -1084,24 +1086,21 @@ trace_selftest_startup_wakeup(struct tracer *trace, struct trace_array *tr)
 	/* reset the max latency */
 	tracing_max_latency = 0;
 
-	/* sleep to let the RT thread sleep too */
-	msleep(100);
+	while (p->on_rq) {
+		/*
+		 * Sleep to make sure the RT thread is asleep too.
+		 * On virtual machines we can't rely on timings,
+		 * but we want to make sure this test still works.
+		 */
+		msleep(100);
+	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Yes this is slightly racy. It is possible that for some
-	 * strange reason that the RT thread we created, did not
-	 * call schedule for 100ms after doing the completion,
-	 * and we do a wakeup on a task that already is awake.
-	 * But that is extremely unlikely, and the worst thing that
-	 * happens in such a case, is that we disable tracing.
-	 * Honestly, if this race does happen something is horrible
-	 * wrong with the system.
-	 */
+	init_completion(&isrt);
 
 	wake_up_process(p);
 
-	/* give a little time to let the thread wake up */
-	msleep(100);
+	/* Wait for the task to wake up */
+	wait_for_completion(&isrt);
 
 	/* stop the tracing. */
 	tracing_stop();