diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index d1463eac11a36f..e592d1df6f888a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -3880,10 +3880,30 @@ static bool rb_per_cpu_empty(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 	if (unlikely(!head))
 		return true;
 
-	return reader->read == rb_page_commit(reader) &&
-		(commit == reader ||
-		 (commit == head &&
-		  head->read == rb_page_commit(commit)));
+	/* Reader should exhaust content in reader page */
+	if (reader->read != rb_page_commit(reader))
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * If writers are committing on the reader page, knowing all
+	 * committed content has been read, the ring buffer is empty.
+	 */
+	if (commit == reader)
+		return true;
+
+	/*
+	 * If writers are committing on a page other than reader page
+	 * and head page, there should always be content to read.
+	 */
+	if (commit != head)
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * Writers are committing on the head page, we just need
+	 * to care about there're committed data, and the reader will
+	 * swap reader page with head page when it is to read data.
+	 */
+	return rb_page_commit(commit) == 0;
 }
 
 /**