diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe_kernel.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe_kernel.h
index 1d43df29a1f8ecf6213c72cdb4ae8fb1ae43a682..77dbd9ff97826866e211ec4e5b1867940fc298f4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe_kernel.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe_kernel.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #ifndef __TRACE_PROBE_KERNEL_H_
 #define __TRACE_PROBE_KERNEL_H_
 
+#define FAULT_STRING "(fault)"
+
 /*
  * This depends on trace_probe.h, but can not include it due to
  * the way trace_probe_tmpl.h is used by trace_kprobe.c and trace_eprobe.c.
@@ -13,8 +15,16 @@ static nokprobe_inline int
 kern_fetch_store_strlen_user(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	const void __user *uaddr =  (__force const void __user *)addr;
+	int ret;
 
-	return strnlen_user_nofault(uaddr, MAX_STRING_SIZE);
+	ret = strnlen_user_nofault(uaddr, MAX_STRING_SIZE);
+	/*
+	 * strnlen_user_nofault returns zero on fault, insert the
+	 * FAULT_STRING when that occurs.
+	 */
+	if (ret <= 0)
+		return strlen(FAULT_STRING) + 1;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Return the length of string -- including null terminal byte */
@@ -34,7 +44,18 @@ kern_fetch_store_strlen(unsigned long addr)
 		len++;
 	} while (c && ret == 0 && len < MAX_STRING_SIZE);
 
-	return (ret < 0) ? ret : len;
+	/* For faults, return enough to hold the FAULT_STRING */
+	return (ret < 0) ? strlen(FAULT_STRING) + 1 : len;
+}
+
+static nokprobe_inline void set_data_loc(int ret, void *dest, void *__dest, void *base, int len)
+{
+	if (ret >= 0) {
+		*(u32 *)dest = make_data_loc(ret, __dest - base);
+	} else {
+		strscpy(__dest, FAULT_STRING, len);
+		ret = strlen(__dest) + 1;
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -55,8 +76,7 @@ kern_fetch_store_string_user(unsigned long addr, void *dest, void *base)
 	__dest = get_loc_data(dest, base);
 
 	ret = strncpy_from_user_nofault(__dest, uaddr, maxlen);
-	if (ret >= 0)
-		*(u32 *)dest = make_data_loc(ret, __dest - base);
+	set_data_loc(ret, dest, __dest, base, maxlen);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -87,8 +107,7 @@ kern_fetch_store_string(unsigned long addr, void *dest, void *base)
 	 * probing.
 	 */
 	ret = strncpy_from_kernel_nofault(__dest, (void *)addr, maxlen);
-	if (ret >= 0)
-		*(u32 *)dest = make_data_loc(ret, __dest - base);
+	set_data_loc(ret, dest, __dest, base, maxlen);
 
 	return ret;
 }