diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 1e1d23c..25edd5c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -2278,7 +2278,11 @@
 	read++;
 	cnt--;
 
-	if (!(iter->flags & ~FTRACE_ITER_CONT)) {
+	/*
+	 * If the parser haven't finished with the last write,
+	 * continue reading the user input without skipping spaces.
+	 */
+	if (!(iter->flags & FTRACE_ITER_CONT)) {
 		/* skip white space */
 		while (cnt && isspace(ch)) {
 			ret = get_user(ch, ubuf++);
@@ -2288,8 +2292,9 @@
 			cnt--;
 		}
 
+		/* only spaces were written */
 		if (isspace(ch)) {
-			file->f_pos += read;
+			*ppos += read;
 			ret = read;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -2319,12 +2324,12 @@
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 		iter->buffer_idx = 0;
-	} else
+	} else {
 		iter->flags |= FTRACE_ITER_CONT;
+		iter->buffer[iter->buffer_idx++] = ch;
+	}
 
-
-	file->f_pos += read;
-
+	*ppos += read;
 	ret = read;
  out:
 	mutex_unlock(&ftrace_regex_lock);