diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index ddcfc78e93e0..f65d2649fd9b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2707,8 +2707,11 @@ void trace_buffered_event_enable(void)
 	for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
 		page = alloc_pages_node(cpu_to_node(cpu),
 					GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY, 0);
-		if (!page)
-			goto failed;
+		/* This is just an optimization and can handle failures */
+		if (!page) {
+			pr_err("Failed to allocate event buffer\n");
+			break;
+		}
 
 		event = page_address(page);
 		memset(event, 0, sizeof(*event));
@@ -2722,10 +2725,6 @@ void trace_buffered_event_enable(void)
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 		preempt_enable();
 	}
-
-	return;
- failed:
-	trace_buffered_event_disable();
 }
 
 static void enable_trace_buffered_event(void *data)