diff --git a/include/trace/events/kmem.h b/include/trace/events/kmem.h
index 81ea598121173b..78efa0a197a9ec 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/kmem.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/kmem.h
@@ -140,11 +140,22 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(kmem_free, kfree,
 	TP_ARGS(call_site, ptr)
 );
 
-DEFINE_EVENT(kmem_free, kmem_cache_free,
+DEFINE_EVENT_CONDITION(kmem_free, kmem_cache_free,
 
 	TP_PROTO(unsigned long call_site, const void *ptr),
 
-	TP_ARGS(call_site, ptr)
+	TP_ARGS(call_site, ptr),
+
+	/*
+	 * This trace can be potentially called from an offlined cpu.
+	 * Since trace points use RCU and RCU should not be used from
+	 * offline cpus, filter such calls out.
+	 * While this trace can be called from a preemptable section,
+	 * it has no impact on the condition since tasks can migrate
+	 * only from online cpus to other online cpus. Thus its safe
+	 * to use raw_smp_processor_id.
+	 */
+	TP_CONDITION(cpu_online(raw_smp_processor_id()))
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(mm_page_free,