diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 33236241f23646f960378c833506b6cdc5e65d78..6f726ea0fde0123078a5a5bec1b543ac2258772f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1248,12 +1248,17 @@ static void free_ftrace_hash_rcu(struct ftrace_hash *hash)
 	call_rcu(&hash->rcu, __free_ftrace_hash_rcu);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ftrace_free_filter - remove all filters for an ftrace_ops
+ * @ops - the ops to remove the filters from
+ */
 void ftrace_free_filter(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 {
 	ftrace_ops_init(ops);
 	free_ftrace_hash(ops->func_hash->filter_hash);
 	free_ftrace_hash(ops->func_hash->notrace_hash);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ftrace_free_filter);
 
 static struct ftrace_hash *alloc_ftrace_hash(int size_bits)
 {
@@ -5828,6 +5833,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(modify_ftrace_direct_multi);
  *
  * Filters denote which functions should be enabled when tracing is enabled
  * If @ip is NULL, it fails to update filter.
+ *
+ * This can allocate memory which must be freed before @ops can be freed,
+ * either by removing each filtered addr or by using
+ * ftrace_free_filter(@ops).
  */
 int ftrace_set_filter_ip(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long ip,
 			 int remove, int reset)
@@ -5847,7 +5856,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ftrace_set_filter_ip);
  *
  * Filters denote which functions should be enabled when tracing is enabled
  * If @ips array or any ip specified within is NULL , it fails to update filter.
- */
+ *
+ * This can allocate memory which must be freed before @ops can be freed,
+ * either by removing each filtered addr or by using
+ * ftrace_free_filter(@ops).
+*/
 int ftrace_set_filter_ips(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long *ips,
 			  unsigned int cnt, int remove, int reset)
 {
@@ -5889,6 +5902,10 @@ ftrace_set_regex(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned char *buf, int len,
  *
  * Filters denote which functions should be enabled when tracing is enabled.
  * If @buf is NULL and reset is set, all functions will be enabled for tracing.
+ *
+ * This can allocate memory which must be freed before @ops can be freed,
+ * either by removing each filtered addr or by using
+ * ftrace_free_filter(@ops).
  */
 int ftrace_set_filter(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned char *buf,
 		       int len, int reset)
@@ -5908,6 +5925,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ftrace_set_filter);
  * Notrace Filters denote which functions should not be enabled when tracing
  * is enabled. If @buf is NULL and reset is set, all functions will be enabled
  * for tracing.
+ *
+ * This can allocate memory which must be freed before @ops can be freed,
+ * either by removing each filtered addr or by using
+ * ftrace_free_filter(@ops).
  */
 int ftrace_set_notrace(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned char *buf,
 			int len, int reset)
diff --git a/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-multi-modify.c b/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-multi-modify.c
index 65aa94d96f4e313215d22048b61678fef126fa0e..6f23b1413745cc64267cf4b24818b70a2b000ad4 100644
--- a/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-multi-modify.c
+++ b/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-multi-modify.c
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ static void __exit ftrace_direct_multi_exit(void)
 {
 	kthread_stop(simple_tsk);
 	unregister_ftrace_direct_multi(&direct, my_tramp);
+	ftrace_free_filter(&direct);
 }
 
 module_init(ftrace_direct_multi_init);
diff --git a/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-multi.c b/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-multi.c
index 41ded7c615c7feee91b6d2597a51c24f8e2d1b68..a9a5c90fb20449b2e21473f6bc0d73cdea066fcb 100644
--- a/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-multi.c
+++ b/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-multi.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static int __init ftrace_direct_multi_init(void)
 static void __exit ftrace_direct_multi_exit(void)
 {
 	unregister_ftrace_direct_multi(&direct, (unsigned long) my_tramp);
+	ftrace_free_filter(&direct);
 }
 
 module_init(ftrace_direct_multi_init);