diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index b8930f7..c6977d5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 {
 	unsigned long mask;
 	const char *str;
-	const char *ret = p->buffer + p->len;
+	const char *ret = trace_seq_buffer_ptr(p);
 	int i, first = 1;
 
 	for (i = 0;  flag_array[i].name && flags; i++) {
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 			 const struct trace_print_flags *symbol_array)
 {
 	int i;
-	const char *ret = p->buffer + p->len;
+	const char *ret = trace_seq_buffer_ptr(p);
 
 	for (i = 0;  symbol_array[i].name; i++) {
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (ret == (const char *)(p->buffer + p->len))
+	if (ret == (const char *)(trace_seq_buffer_ptr(p)))
 		trace_seq_printf(p, "0x%lx", val);
 		
 	trace_seq_putc(p, 0);
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 			 const struct trace_print_flags_u64 *symbol_array)
 {
 	int i;
-	const char *ret = p->buffer + p->len;
+	const char *ret = trace_seq_buffer_ptr(p);
 
 	for (i = 0;  symbol_array[i].name; i++) {
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (ret == (const char *)(p->buffer + p->len))
+	if (ret == (const char *)(trace_seq_buffer_ptr(p)))
 		trace_seq_printf(p, "0x%llx", val);
 
 	trace_seq_putc(p, 0);
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 ftrace_print_bitmask_seq(struct trace_seq *p, void *bitmask_ptr,
 			 unsigned int bitmask_size)
 {
-	const char *ret = p->buffer + p->len;
+	const char *ret = trace_seq_buffer_ptr(p);
 
 	trace_seq_bitmask(p, bitmask_ptr, bitmask_size * 8);
 	trace_seq_putc(p, 0);
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 ftrace_print_hex_seq(struct trace_seq *p, const unsigned char *buf, int buf_len)
 {
 	int i;
-	const char *ret = p->buffer + p->len;
+	const char *ret = trace_seq_buffer_ptr(p);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < buf_len; i++)
 		trace_seq_printf(p, "%s%2.2x", i == 0 ? "" : " ", buf[i]);