diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 53f8b9b10f72..80af015a21e7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -9445,12 +9445,6 @@ void trace_init_global_iter(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 	/* Output in nanoseconds only if we are using a clock in nanoseconds. */
 	if (trace_clocks[iter->tr->clock_id].in_ns)
 		iter->iter_flags |= TRACE_FILE_TIME_IN_NS;
-
-	/* Can not use kmalloc for iter.temp and iter.fmt */
-	iter->temp = static_temp_buf;
-	iter->temp_size = STATIC_TEMP_BUF_SIZE;
-	iter->fmt = static_fmt_buf;
-	iter->fmt_size = STATIC_FMT_BUF_SIZE;
 }
 
 void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode)
@@ -9486,6 +9480,11 @@ void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode)
 
 	/* Simulate the iterator */
 	trace_init_global_iter(&iter);
+	/* Can not use kmalloc for iter.temp and iter.fmt */
+	iter.temp = static_temp_buf;
+	iter.temp_size = STATIC_TEMP_BUF_SIZE;
+	iter.fmt = static_fmt_buf;
+	iter.fmt_size = STATIC_FMT_BUF_SIZE;
 
 	for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
 		atomic_inc(&per_cpu_ptr(iter.array_buffer->data, cpu)->disabled);