diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 66a4ad93b5e984..e28d08905124a1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2390,14 +2390,13 @@ static void tracing_stop_tr(struct trace_array *tr)
 
 static int trace_save_cmdline(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	unsigned pid, idx;
+	unsigned tpid, idx;
 
 	/* treat recording of idle task as a success */
 	if (!tsk->pid)
 		return 1;
 
-	if (unlikely(tsk->pid > PID_MAX_DEFAULT))
-		return 0;
+	tpid = tsk->pid & (PID_MAX_DEFAULT - 1);
 
 	/*
 	 * It's not the end of the world if we don't get
@@ -2408,26 +2407,15 @@ static int trace_save_cmdline(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	if (!arch_spin_trylock(&trace_cmdline_lock))
 		return 0;
 
-	idx = savedcmd->map_pid_to_cmdline[tsk->pid];
+	idx = savedcmd->map_pid_to_cmdline[tpid];
 	if (idx == NO_CMDLINE_MAP) {
 		idx = (savedcmd->cmdline_idx + 1) % savedcmd->cmdline_num;
 
-		/*
-		 * Check whether the cmdline buffer at idx has a pid
-		 * mapped. We are going to overwrite that entry so we
-		 * need to clear the map_pid_to_cmdline. Otherwise we
-		 * would read the new comm for the old pid.
-		 */
-		pid = savedcmd->map_cmdline_to_pid[idx];
-		if (pid != NO_CMDLINE_MAP)
-			savedcmd->map_pid_to_cmdline[pid] = NO_CMDLINE_MAP;
-
-		savedcmd->map_cmdline_to_pid[idx] = tsk->pid;
-		savedcmd->map_pid_to_cmdline[tsk->pid] = idx;
-
+		savedcmd->map_pid_to_cmdline[tpid] = idx;
 		savedcmd->cmdline_idx = idx;
 	}
 
+	savedcmd->map_cmdline_to_pid[idx] = tsk->pid;
 	set_cmdline(idx, tsk->comm);
 
 	arch_spin_unlock(&trace_cmdline_lock);
@@ -2438,6 +2426,7 @@ static int trace_save_cmdline(struct task_struct *tsk)
 static void __trace_find_cmdline(int pid, char comm[])
 {
 	unsigned map;
+	int tpid;
 
 	if (!pid) {
 		strcpy(comm, "<idle>");
@@ -2449,16 +2438,16 @@ static void __trace_find_cmdline(int pid, char comm[])
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (pid > PID_MAX_DEFAULT) {
-		strcpy(comm, "<...>");
-		return;
+	tpid = pid & (PID_MAX_DEFAULT - 1);
+	map = savedcmd->map_pid_to_cmdline[tpid];
+	if (map != NO_CMDLINE_MAP) {
+		tpid = savedcmd->map_cmdline_to_pid[map];
+		if (tpid == pid) {
+			strlcpy(comm, get_saved_cmdlines(map), TASK_COMM_LEN);
+			return;
+		}
 	}
-
-	map = savedcmd->map_pid_to_cmdline[pid];
-	if (map != NO_CMDLINE_MAP)
-		strlcpy(comm, get_saved_cmdlines(map), TASK_COMM_LEN);
-	else
-		strcpy(comm, "<...>");
+	strcpy(comm, "<...>");
 }
 
 void trace_find_cmdline(int pid, char comm[])