diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index dabd9d167d425b20d5a8844f4f90af2ff03346ef..eac9ce2c57a2ede6d56bda9985e0d06470babd76 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -4456,7 +4456,6 @@ unregister_ftrace_function_probe_func(char *glob, struct trace_array *tr,
 		func_g.type = filter_parse_regex(glob, strlen(glob),
 						 &func_g.search, &not);
 		func_g.len = strlen(func_g.search);
-		func_g.search = glob;
 
 		/* we do not support '!' for function probes */
 		if (WARN_ON(not))
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 61e7f0678d3359fe77c52beb27e7d47a48865570..a764aec3c9a17a386112b56326f188881babebe6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ enum regex_type filter_parse_regex(char *buff, int len, char **search, int *not)
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 		if (buff[i] == '*') {
 			if (!i) {
-				*search = buff + 1;
 				type = MATCH_END_ONLY;
 			} else if (i == len - 1) {
 				if (type == MATCH_END_ONLY)
@@ -410,14 +409,14 @@ enum regex_type filter_parse_regex(char *buff, int len, char **search, int *not)
 				buff[i] = 0;
 				break;
 			} else {	/* pattern continues, use full glob */
-				type = MATCH_GLOB;
-				break;
+				return MATCH_GLOB;
 			}
 		} else if (strchr("[?\\", buff[i])) {
-			type = MATCH_GLOB;
-			break;
+			return MATCH_GLOB;
 		}
 	}
+	if (buff[0] == '*')
+		*search = buff + 1;
 
 	return type;
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-glob.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-glob.tc
index 589d52b211b7c0516bbd33d1e05b0925b358e7aa..27a54a17da65d60bb3d181fb4662efe7c856be3c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-glob.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-glob.tc
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ ftrace_filter_check '*schedule*' '^.*schedule.*$'
 # filter by *, end match
 ftrace_filter_check 'schedule*' '^schedule.*$'
 
+# filter by *mid*end
+ftrace_filter_check '*aw*lock' '.*aw.*lock$'
+
+# filter by start*mid*
+ftrace_filter_check 'mutex*try*' '^mutex.*try.*'
+
 # Advanced full-glob matching feature is recently supported.
 # Skip the tests if we are sure the kernel does not support it.
 if grep -q 'accepts: .* glob-matching-pattern' README ; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_set_ftrace_file.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_set_ftrace_file.tc
index 0f3f92622e3352de7bcf7d18d7100e962e47b13b..68e7a48f5828e0c5963b5028b38c72781f9ce456 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_set_ftrace_file.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_set_ftrace_file.tc
@@ -128,6 +128,43 @@ if check_set_ftrace_filter "$FUNC1" "$FUNC2" ; then
     fail "Expected $FUNC1 and $FUNC2"
 fi
 
+test_actual() { # Compares $TMPDIR/expected with set_ftrace_filter
+    cat set_ftrace_filter | grep -v '#' | cut -d' ' -f1 | cut -d':' -f1 | sort -u > $TMPDIR/actual
+    DIFF=`diff $TMPDIR/actual $TMPDIR/expected`
+    test -z "$DIFF"
+}
+
+# Set traceoff trigger for all fuctions with "lock" in their name
+cat available_filter_functions | cut -d' ' -f1 |  grep 'lock' | sort -u > $TMPDIR/expected
+echo '*lock*:traceoff' > set_ftrace_filter
+test_actual
+
+# now remove all with 'try' in it, and end with lock
+grep -v 'try.*lock$' $TMPDIR/expected > $TMPDIR/expected2
+mv $TMPDIR/expected2 $TMPDIR/expected
+echo '!*try*lock:traceoff' >> set_ftrace_filter
+test_actual
+
+# remove all that start with "m" and end with "lock"
+grep -v '^m.*lock$' $TMPDIR/expected > $TMPDIR/expected2
+mv $TMPDIR/expected2 $TMPDIR/expected
+echo '!m*lock:traceoff' >> set_ftrace_filter
+test_actual
+
+# remove all that start with "c" and have "unlock"
+grep -v '^c.*unlock' $TMPDIR/expected > $TMPDIR/expected2
+mv $TMPDIR/expected2 $TMPDIR/expected
+echo '!c*unlock*:traceoff' >> set_ftrace_filter
+test_actual
+
+# clear all the rest
+> $TMPDIR/expected
+echo '!*:traceoff' >> set_ftrace_filter
+test_actual
+
+rm $TMPDIR/expected
+rm $TMPDIR/actual
+
 do_reset
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
index f2019b37370d310cd845b6a42101d77cad77bc6b..df3dd7fe5f9b2f9a2de3fcd768fcdf5c90990fa7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
@@ -37,17 +37,21 @@ reset_ftrace_filter() { # reset all triggers in set_ftrace_filter
 	if [ "$tr" = "" ]; then
 	    continue
 	fi
+	if ! grep -q "$t" set_ftrace_filter; then
+		continue;
+	fi
+	name=`echo $t | cut -d: -f1 | cut -d' ' -f1`
 	if [ $tr = "enable_event" -o $tr = "disable_event" ]; then
-	    tr=`echo $t | cut -d: -f1-4`
+	    tr=`echo $t | cut -d: -f2-4`
 	    limit=`echo $t | cut -d: -f5`
 	else
-	    tr=`echo $t | cut -d: -f1-2`
+	    tr=`echo $t | cut -d: -f2`
 	    limit=`echo $t | cut -d: -f3`
 	fi
 	if [ "$limit" != "unlimited" ]; then
 	    tr="$tr:$limit"
 	fi
-	echo "!$tr" > set_ftrace_filter
+	echo "!$name:$tr" > set_ftrace_filter
     done
 }