diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index e3c80cfd4eec12..88de94da596b13 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3812,6 +3812,18 @@ void trace_check_vprintf(struct trace_iterator *iter, const char *fmt,
 		iter->fmt[i] = '\0';
 		trace_seq_vprintf(&iter->seq, iter->fmt, ap);
 
+		/*
+		 * If iter->seq is full, the above call no longer guarantees
+		 * that ap is in sync with fmt processing, and further calls
+		 * to va_arg() can return wrong positional arguments.
+		 *
+		 * Ensure that ap is no longer used in this case.
+		 */
+		if (iter->seq.full) {
+			p = "";
+			break;
+		}
+
 		if (star)
 			len = va_arg(ap, int);