diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 5360b7aec57a..752e5daf0896 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4020,11 +4020,17 @@ static int tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	/* If this file was open for write, then erase contents */
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC)) {
 		int cpu = tracing_get_cpu(inode);
+		struct trace_buffer *trace_buf = &tr->trace_buffer;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE
+		if (tr->current_trace->print_max)
+			trace_buf = &tr->max_buffer;
+#endif
 
 		if (cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS)
-			tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->trace_buffer);
+			tracing_reset_online_cpus(trace_buf);
 		else
-			tracing_reset(&tr->trace_buffer, cpu);
+			tracing_reset(trace_buf, cpu);
 	}
 
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
@@ -5358,6 +5364,13 @@ static int tracing_set_tracer(struct trace_array *tr, const char *buf)
 	if (t == tr->current_trace)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* Some tracers won't work on kernel command line */
+	if (system_state < SYSTEM_RUNNING && t->noboot) {
+		pr_warn("Tracer '%s' is not allowed on command line, ignored\n",
+			t->name);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/* Some tracers are only allowed for the top level buffer */
 	if (!trace_ok_for_array(t, tr)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -5667,7 +5680,7 @@ static int tracing_wait_pipe(struct file *filp)
 		 *
 		 * iter->pos will be 0 if we haven't read anything.
 		 */
-		if (!tracing_is_on() && iter->pos)
+		if (!tracer_tracing_is_on(iter->tr) && iter->pos)
 			break;
 
 		mutex_unlock(&iter->mutex);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index fb5d54d0d1b3..652c682707cd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ struct tracer {
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE
 	bool			use_max_tr;
 #endif
+	/* True if tracer cannot be enabled in kernel param */
+	bool			noboot;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c b/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
index cd7480d0a201..dca78fc48439 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ static struct tracer mmio_tracer __read_mostly =
 	.close		= mmio_close,
 	.read		= mmio_read,
 	.print_line	= mmio_print_line,
+	.noboot		= true,
 };
 
 __init static int init_mmio_trace(void)