diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index 761c510a06c5..b384ed512bac 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ ifdef CONFIG_TRACING_BRANCHES
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 endif
 
+CFLAGS_trace_events_filter.o := -I$(src)
+
 #
 # Make the trace clocks available generally: it's infrastructure
 # relied on by ptrace for example:
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 2eb3cf6d37bc..4c7540ad5dcb 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -762,6 +762,9 @@ struct filter_pred {
 	u64 			val;
 	struct regex		regex;
 	unsigned short		*ops;
+#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
+	struct ftrace_event_field *field;
+#endif
 	int 			offset;
 	int 			not;
 	int 			op;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 319c3cac7d95..6a642e278241 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -1329,6 +1329,9 @@ static struct filter_pred *create_pred(struct filter_parse_state *ps,
 	strcpy(pred.regex.pattern, operand2);
 	pred.regex.len = strlen(pred.regex.pattern);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
+	pred.field = field;
+#endif
 	return init_pred(ps, field, &pred) ? NULL : &pred;
 }
 
@@ -1926,3 +1929,209 @@ out_unlock:
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
+
+#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
+#include "trace_events_filter_test.h"
+
+static int test_get_filter(char *filter_str, struct ftrace_event_call *call,
+			   struct event_filter **pfilter)
+{
+	struct event_filter *filter;
+	struct filter_parse_state *ps;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+	filter = __alloc_filter();
+	if (!filter)
+		goto out;
+
+	ps = kzalloc(sizeof(*ps), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ps)
+		goto free_filter;
+
+	parse_init(ps, filter_ops, filter_str);
+	err = filter_parse(ps);
+	if (err)
+		goto free_ps;
+
+	err = replace_preds(call, filter, ps, filter_str, false);
+	if (!err)
+		*pfilter = filter;
+
+ free_ps:
+	filter_opstack_clear(ps);
+	postfix_clear(ps);
+	kfree(ps);
+
+ free_filter:
+	if (err)
+		__free_filter(filter);
+
+ out:
+	return err;
+}
+
+#define DATA_REC(m, va, vb, vc, vd, ve, vf, vg, vh, nvisit) \
+{ \
+	.filter = FILTER, \
+	.rec    = { .a = va, .b = vb, .c = vc, .d = vd, \
+		    .e = ve, .f = vf, .g = vg, .h = vh }, \
+	.match  = m, \
+	.not_visited = nvisit, \
+}
+#define YES 1
+#define NO  0
+
+static struct test_filter_data_t {
+	char *filter;
+	struct ftrace_raw_ftrace_test_filter rec;
+	int match;
+	char *not_visited;
+} test_filter_data[] = {
+#define FILTER "a == 1 && b == 1 && c == 1 && d == 1 && " \
+	       "e == 1 && f == 1 && g == 1 && h == 1"
+	DATA_REC(YES, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, ""),
+	DATA_REC(NO,  0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, "bcdefgh"),
+	DATA_REC(NO,  1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, ""),
+#undef FILTER
+#define FILTER "a == 1 || b == 1 || c == 1 || d == 1 || " \
+	       "e == 1 || f == 1 || g == 1 || h == 1"
+	DATA_REC(NO,  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ""),
+	DATA_REC(YES, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, ""),
+	DATA_REC(YES, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, "bcdefgh"),
+#undef FILTER
+#define FILTER "(a == 1 || b == 1) && (c == 1 || d == 1) && " \
+	       "(e == 1 || f == 1) && (g == 1 || h == 1)"
+	DATA_REC(NO,  0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, "dfh"),
+	DATA_REC(YES, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, ""),
+	DATA_REC(YES, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, "bd"),
+	DATA_REC(NO,  1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, "bd"),
+#undef FILTER
+#define FILTER "(a == 1 && b == 1) || (c == 1 && d == 1) || " \
+	       "(e == 1 && f == 1) || (g == 1 && h == 1)"
+	DATA_REC(YES, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, "efgh"),
+	DATA_REC(YES, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, ""),
+	DATA_REC(NO,  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, ""),
+#undef FILTER
+#define FILTER "(a == 1 && b == 1) && (c == 1 && d == 1) && " \
+	       "(e == 1 && f == 1) || (g == 1 && h == 1)"
+	DATA_REC(YES, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, "gh"),
+	DATA_REC(NO,  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, ""),
+	DATA_REC(YES, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, ""),
+#undef FILTER
+#define FILTER "((a == 1 || b == 1) || (c == 1 || d == 1) || " \
+	       "(e == 1 || f == 1)) && (g == 1 || h == 1)"
+	DATA_REC(YES, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, "bcdef"),
+	DATA_REC(NO,  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ""),
+	DATA_REC(YES, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, "h"),
+#undef FILTER
+#define FILTER "((((((((a == 1) && (b == 1)) || (c == 1)) && (d == 1)) || " \
+	       "(e == 1)) && (f == 1)) || (g == 1)) && (h == 1))"
+	DATA_REC(YES, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, "ceg"),
+	DATA_REC(NO,  0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, ""),
+	DATA_REC(NO,  1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, ""),
+#undef FILTER
+#define FILTER "((((((((a == 1) || (b == 1)) && (c == 1)) || (d == 1)) && " \
+	       "(e == 1)) || (f == 1)) && (g == 1)) || (h == 1))"
+	DATA_REC(YES, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, "bdfh"),
+	DATA_REC(YES, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, ""),
+	DATA_REC(YES, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, "bdfh"),
+};
+
+#undef DATA_REC
+#undef FILTER
+#undef YES
+#undef NO
+
+#define DATA_CNT (sizeof(test_filter_data)/sizeof(struct test_filter_data_t))
+
+static int test_pred_visited;
+
+static int test_pred_visited_fn(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event)
+{
+	struct ftrace_event_field *field = pred->field;
+
+	test_pred_visited = 1;
+	printk(KERN_INFO "\npred visited %s\n", field->name);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int test_walk_pred_cb(enum move_type move, struct filter_pred *pred,
+			     int *err, void *data)
+{
+	char *fields = data;
+
+	if ((move == MOVE_DOWN) &&
+	    (pred->left == FILTER_PRED_INVALID)) {
+		struct ftrace_event_field *field = pred->field;
+
+		if (!field) {
+			WARN(1, "all leafs should have field defined");
+			return WALK_PRED_DEFAULT;
+		}
+		if (!strchr(fields, *field->name))
+			return WALK_PRED_DEFAULT;
+
+		WARN_ON(!pred->fn);
+		pred->fn = test_pred_visited_fn;
+	}
+	return WALK_PRED_DEFAULT;
+}
+
+static __init int ftrace_test_event_filter(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Testing ftrace filter: ");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < DATA_CNT; i++) {
+		struct event_filter *filter = NULL;
+		struct test_filter_data_t *d = &test_filter_data[i];
+		int err;
+
+		err = test_get_filter(d->filter, &event_ftrace_test_filter,
+				      &filter);
+		if (err) {
+			printk(KERN_INFO
+			       "Failed to get filter for '%s', err %d\n",
+			       d->filter, err);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (*d->not_visited)
+			walk_pred_tree(filter->preds, filter->root,
+				       test_walk_pred_cb,
+				       d->not_visited);
+
+		test_pred_visited = 0;
+		err = filter_match_preds(filter, &d->rec);
+
+		__free_filter(filter);
+
+		if (test_pred_visited) {
+			printk(KERN_INFO
+			       "Failed, unwanted pred visited for filter %s\n",
+			       d->filter);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (err != d->match) {
+			printk(KERN_INFO
+			       "Failed to match filter '%s', expected %d\n",
+			       d->filter, d->match);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (i == DATA_CNT)
+		printk(KERN_CONT "OK\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+late_initcall(ftrace_test_event_filter);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter_test.h b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter_test.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bfd4dba0d603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter_test.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#undef TRACE_SYSTEM
+#define TRACE_SYSTEM test
+
+#if !defined(_TRACE_TEST_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
+#define _TRACE_TEST_H
+
+#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
+
+TRACE_EVENT(ftrace_test_filter,
+
+	TP_PROTO(int a, int b, int c, int d, int e, int f, int g, int h),
+
+	TP_ARGS(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(int, a)
+		__field(int, b)
+		__field(int, c)
+		__field(int, d)
+		__field(int, e)
+		__field(int, f)
+		__field(int, g)
+		__field(int, h)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->a = a;
+		__entry->b = b;
+		__entry->c = c;
+		__entry->d = d;
+		__entry->e = e;
+		__entry->f = f;
+		__entry->g = g;
+		__entry->h = h;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("a %d, b %d, c %d, d %d, e %d, f %d, g %d, h %d",
+		  __entry->a, __entry->b, __entry->c, __entry->d,
+		  __entry->e, __entry->f, __entry->g, __entry->h)
+);
+
+#endif /* _TRACE_TEST_H || TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ */
+
+#undef TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH
+#undef TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE
+#define TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH .
+#define TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE trace_events_filter_test
+
+/* This part must be outside protection */
+#include <trace/define_trace.h>