diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 0689e5d95a80..f1ef4329343b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -3030,22 +3030,19 @@ rb_try_to_discard(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 			local_read(&bpage->write) & ~RB_WRITE_MASK;
 		unsigned long event_length = rb_event_length(event);
 
+		/*
+		 * For the before_stamp to be different than the write_stamp
+		 * to make sure that the next event adds an absolute
+		 * value and does not rely on the saved write stamp, which
+		 * is now going to be bogus.
+		 */
+		rb_time_set(&cpu_buffer->before_stamp, 0);
+
 		/* Something came in, can't discard */
 		if (!rb_time_cmpxchg(&cpu_buffer->write_stamp,
 				       write_stamp, write_stamp - delta))
 			return false;
 
-		/*
-		 * It's possible that the event time delta is zero
-		 * (has the same time stamp as the previous event)
-		 * in which case write_stamp and before_stamp could
-		 * be the same. In such a case, force before_stamp
-		 * to be different than write_stamp. It doesn't
-		 * matter what it is, as long as its different.
-		 */
-		if (!delta)
-			rb_time_set(&cpu_buffer->before_stamp, 0);
-
 		/*
 		 * If an event were to come in now, it would see that the
 		 * write_stamp and the before_stamp are different, and assume