diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index abbe8489faae..d93f9c59f50e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -711,13 +711,16 @@ int trace_pid_write(struct trace_pid_list *filtered_pids,
 		pos = 0;
 
 		ret = trace_get_user(&parser, ubuf, cnt, &pos);
-		if (ret < 0 || !trace_parser_loaded(&parser))
+		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
 
 		read += ret;
 		ubuf += ret;
 		cnt -= ret;
 
+		if (!trace_parser_loaded(&parser))
+			break;
+
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		if (kstrtoul(parser.buffer, 0, &val))
 			break;
@@ -743,7 +746,6 @@ int trace_pid_write(struct trace_pid_list *filtered_pids,
 	if (!nr_pids) {
 		/* Cleared the list of pids */
 		trace_pid_list_free(pid_list);
-		read = ret;
 		pid_list = NULL;
 	}