diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index aecd4a7d62be..1e959ff71855 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1674,10 +1674,151 @@ static bool rb_meta_valid(struct ring_buffer_meta *meta, int cpu,
 		subbuf = (void *)subbuf + subbuf_size;
 	}
 
-	pr_info("Ring buffer meta is from previous boot!\n");
 	return true;
 }
 
+static int rb_meta_subbuf_idx(struct ring_buffer_meta *meta, void *subbuf);
+
+static int rb_read_data_buffer(struct buffer_data_page *dpage, int tail, int cpu,
+			       unsigned long long *timestamp, u64 *delta_ptr)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer_event *event;
+	u64 ts, delta;
+	int events = 0;
+	int e;
+
+	*delta_ptr = 0;
+	*timestamp = 0;
+
+	ts = dpage->time_stamp;
+
+	for (e = 0; e < tail; e += rb_event_length(event)) {
+
+		event = (struct ring_buffer_event *)(dpage->data + e);
+
+		switch (event->type_len) {
+
+		case RINGBUF_TYPE_TIME_EXTEND:
+			delta = rb_event_time_stamp(event);
+			ts += delta;
+			break;
+
+		case RINGBUF_TYPE_TIME_STAMP:
+			delta = rb_event_time_stamp(event);
+			if (delta < ts) {
+				*delta_ptr = delta;
+				*timestamp = ts;
+				return -1;
+			}
+			ts = delta;
+			break;
+
+		case RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING:
+			if (event->time_delta == 1)
+				break;
+			fallthrough;
+		case RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA:
+			events++;
+			ts += event->time_delta;
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+	*timestamp = ts;
+	return events;
+}
+
+static int rb_validate_buffer(struct buffer_data_page *dpage, int cpu)
+{
+	unsigned long long ts;
+	u64 delta;
+	int tail;
+
+	tail = local_read(&dpage->commit);
+	return rb_read_data_buffer(dpage, tail, cpu, &ts, &delta);
+}
+
+/* If the meta data has been validated, now validate the events */
+static void rb_meta_validate_events(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer_meta *meta = cpu_buffer->ring_meta;
+	struct buffer_page *head_page;
+	unsigned long entry_bytes = 0;
+	unsigned long entries = 0;
+	int ret;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!meta || !meta->head_buffer)
+		return;
+
+	/* Do the reader page first */
+	ret = rb_validate_buffer(cpu_buffer->reader_page->page, cpu_buffer->cpu);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		pr_info("Ring buffer reader page is invalid\n");
+		goto invalid;
+	}
+	entries += ret;
+	entry_bytes += local_read(&cpu_buffer->reader_page->page->commit);
+	local_set(&cpu_buffer->reader_page->entries, ret);
+
+	head_page = cpu_buffer->head_page;
+
+	/* If both the head and commit are on the reader_page then we are done. */
+	if (head_page == cpu_buffer->reader_page &&
+	    head_page == cpu_buffer->commit_page)
+		goto done;
+
+	/* Iterate until finding the commit page */
+	for (i = 0; i < meta->nr_subbufs + 1; i++, rb_inc_page(&head_page)) {
+
+		/* Reader page has already been done */
+		if (head_page == cpu_buffer->reader_page)
+			continue;
+
+		ret = rb_validate_buffer(head_page->page, cpu_buffer->cpu);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			pr_info("Ring buffer meta [%d] invalid buffer page\n",
+				cpu_buffer->cpu);
+			goto invalid;
+		}
+		entries += ret;
+		entry_bytes += local_read(&head_page->page->commit);
+		local_set(&cpu_buffer->head_page->entries, ret);
+
+		if (head_page == cpu_buffer->commit_page)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (head_page != cpu_buffer->commit_page) {
+		pr_info("Ring buffer meta [%d] commit page not found\n",
+			cpu_buffer->cpu);
+		goto invalid;
+	}
+ done:
+	local_set(&cpu_buffer->entries, entries);
+	local_set(&cpu_buffer->entries_bytes, entry_bytes);
+
+	pr_info("Ring buffer meta [%d] is from previous boot!\n", cpu_buffer->cpu);
+	return;
+
+ invalid:
+	/* The content of the buffers are invalid, reset the meta data */
+	meta->head_buffer = 0;
+	meta->commit_buffer = 0;
+
+	/* Reset the reader page */
+	local_set(&cpu_buffer->reader_page->entries, 0);
+	local_set(&cpu_buffer->reader_page->page->commit, 0);
+
+	/* Reset all the subbuffers */
+	for (i = 0; i < meta->nr_subbufs - 1; i++, rb_inc_page(&head_page)) {
+		local_set(&head_page->entries, 0);
+		local_set(&head_page->page->commit, 0);
+	}
+}
+
 static void rb_range_meta_init(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int nr_pages)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer_meta *meta;
@@ -1756,8 +1897,6 @@ static void *rbm_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 	return rbm_start(m, pos);
 }
 
-static int rb_meta_subbuf_idx(struct ring_buffer_meta *meta, void *subbuf);
-
 static int rbm_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer = m->private;
@@ -2010,6 +2149,8 @@ rb_allocate_cpu_buffer(struct trace_buffer *buffer, long nr_pages, int cpu)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto fail_free_reader;
 
+	rb_meta_validate_events(cpu_buffer);
+
 	/* If the boot meta was valid then this has already been updated */
 	meta = cpu_buffer->ring_meta;
 	if (!meta || !meta->head_buffer ||
@@ -3954,10 +4095,10 @@ static void check_buffer(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 			 struct rb_event_info *info,
 			 unsigned long tail)
 {
-	struct ring_buffer_event *event;
 	struct buffer_data_page *bpage;
 	u64 ts, delta;
 	bool full = false;
+	int ret;
 	int e;
 
 	bpage = info->tail_page->page;
@@ -3984,39 +4125,12 @@ static void check_buffer(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 	if (atomic_inc_return(this_cpu_ptr(&checking)) != 1)
 		goto out;
 
-	ts = bpage->time_stamp;
-
-	for (e = 0; e < tail; e += rb_event_length(event)) {
-
-		event = (struct ring_buffer_event *)(bpage->data + e);
-
-		switch (event->type_len) {
-
-		case RINGBUF_TYPE_TIME_EXTEND:
-			delta = rb_event_time_stamp(event);
-			ts += delta;
-			break;
-
-		case RINGBUF_TYPE_TIME_STAMP:
-			delta = rb_event_time_stamp(event);
-			delta = rb_fix_abs_ts(delta, ts);
-			if (delta < ts) {
-				buffer_warn_return("[CPU: %d]ABSOLUTE TIME WENT BACKWARDS: last ts: %lld absolute ts: %lld\n",
-						   cpu_buffer->cpu, ts, delta);
-			}
-			ts = delta;
-			break;
-
-		case RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING:
-			if (event->time_delta == 1)
-				break;
-			fallthrough;
-		case RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA:
-			ts += event->time_delta;
-			break;
-
-		default:
-			RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, 1);
+	ret = rb_read_data_buffer(bpage, tail, cpu_buffer->cpu, &ts, &delta);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (delta < ts) {
+			buffer_warn_return("[CPU: %d]ABSOLUTE TIME WENT BACKWARDS: last ts: %lld absolute ts: %lld\n",
+					   cpu_buffer->cpu, ts, delta);
+			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 	if ((full && ts > info->ts) ||
