diff --git a/include/linux/trace_events.h b/include/linux/trace_events.h
index 429fdfc3baf5..925730bc9fc1 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_events.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_events.h
@@ -568,6 +568,8 @@ enum {
 	FILTER_DYN_STRING,
 	FILTER_PTR_STRING,
 	FILTER_TRACE_FN,
+	FILTER_COMM,
+	FILTER_CPU,
 };
 
 extern int trace_event_raw_init(struct trace_event_call *call);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index ab09829d3b97..05ddc0820771 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -97,16 +97,16 @@ trace_find_event_field(struct trace_event_call *call, char *name)
 	struct ftrace_event_field *field;
 	struct list_head *head;
 
+	head = trace_get_fields(call);
+	field = __find_event_field(head, name);
+	if (field)
+		return field;
+
 	field = __find_event_field(&ftrace_generic_fields, name);
 	if (field)
 		return field;
 
-	field = __find_event_field(&ftrace_common_fields, name);
-	if (field)
-		return field;
-
-	head = trace_get_fields(call);
-	return __find_event_field(head, name);
+	return __find_event_field(&ftrace_common_fields, name);
 }
 
 static int __trace_define_field(struct list_head *head, const char *type,
@@ -171,8 +171,10 @@ static int trace_define_generic_fields(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	__generic_field(int, cpu, FILTER_OTHER);
-	__generic_field(char *, comm, FILTER_PTR_STRING);
+	__generic_field(int, CPU, FILTER_CPU);
+	__generic_field(int, cpu, FILTER_CPU);
+	__generic_field(char *, COMM, FILTER_COMM);
+	__generic_field(char *, comm, FILTER_COMM);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index f93a219b18da..6816302542b2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -1043,13 +1043,14 @@ static int init_pred(struct filter_parse_state *ps,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (is_string_field(field)) {
+	if (field->filter_type == FILTER_COMM) {
+		filter_build_regex(pred);
+		fn = filter_pred_comm;
+		pred->regex.field_len = TASK_COMM_LEN;
+	} else if (is_string_field(field)) {
 		filter_build_regex(pred);
 
-		if (!strcmp(field->name, "comm")) {
-			fn = filter_pred_comm;
-			pred->regex.field_len = TASK_COMM_LEN;
-		} else if (field->filter_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING) {
+		if (field->filter_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING) {
 			fn = filter_pred_string;
 			pred->regex.field_len = field->size;
 		} else if (field->filter_type == FILTER_DYN_STRING)
@@ -1072,7 +1073,7 @@ static int init_pred(struct filter_parse_state *ps,
 		}
 		pred->val = val;
 
-		if (!strcmp(field->name, "cpu"))
+		if (field->filter_type == FILTER_CPU)
 			fn = filter_pred_cpu;
 		else
 			fn = select_comparison_fn(pred->op, field->size,