diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 08acf42e325..1ec5c1dab62 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(trace_wait);
 unsigned long trace_flags = TRACE_ITER_PRINT_PARENT | TRACE_ITER_PRINTK |
 	TRACE_ITER_ANNOTATE | TRACE_ITER_CONTEXT_INFO | TRACE_ITER_SLEEP_TIME |
 	TRACE_ITER_GRAPH_TIME | TRACE_ITER_RECORD_CMD | TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE |
-	TRACE_ITER_IRQ_INFO;
+	TRACE_ITER_IRQ_INFO | TRACE_ITER_MARKERS;
 
 static int trace_stop_count;
 static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(tracing_start_lock);
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ static const char *trace_options[] = {
 	"overwrite",
 	"disable_on_free",
 	"irq-info",
+	"markers",
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -3886,6 +3887,9 @@ tracing_mark_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 	if (tracing_disabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!(trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_MARKERS))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (cnt > TRACE_BUF_SIZE)
 		cnt = TRACE_BUF_SIZE;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 593debefc4e..63a2da0b9a6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@ enum trace_iterator_flags {
 	TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE		= 0x200000,
 	TRACE_ITER_STOP_ON_FREE		= 0x400000,
 	TRACE_ITER_IRQ_INFO		= 0x800000,
+	TRACE_ITER_MARKERS		= 0x1000000,
 };
 
 /*