static DEFINE_MUTEX(pstore_ftrace_lock);
 static bool pstore_ftrace_enabled;
 
-static ssize_t pstore_ftrace_knob_write(struct file *f, const char __user *buf,
-                                       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+static int pstore_set_ftrace_enabled(bool on)
 {
-       u8 on;
        ssize_t ret;
 
-       ret = kstrtou8_from_user(buf, count, 2, &on);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
-
-       mutex_lock(&pstore_ftrace_lock);
-
-       if (!on ^ pstore_ftrace_enabled)
-               goto out;
+       if (on == pstore_ftrace_enabled)
+               return 0;
 
        if (on) {
                ftrace_ops_set_global_filter(&pstore_ftrace_ops);
        if (ret) {
                pr_err("%s: unable to %sregister ftrace ops: %zd\n",
                       __func__, on ? "" : "un", ret);
-               goto err;
+       } else {
+               pstore_ftrace_enabled = on;
        }
 
-       pstore_ftrace_enabled = on;
-out:
-       ret = count;
-err:
+       return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t pstore_ftrace_knob_write(struct file *f, const char __user *buf,
+                                       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+       u8 on;
+       ssize_t ret;
+
+       ret = kstrtou8_from_user(buf, count, 2, &on);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       mutex_lock(&pstore_ftrace_lock);
+       ret = pstore_set_ftrace_enabled(on);
        mutex_unlock(&pstore_ftrace_lock);
 
+       if (ret == 0)
+               ret = count;
+
        return ret;
 }
 
 
 static struct dentry *pstore_ftrace_dir;
 
+static bool record_ftrace;
+module_param(record_ftrace, bool, 0400);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(record_ftrace,
+                "enable ftrace recording immediately (default: off)");
+
 void pstore_register_ftrace(void)
 {
        if (!psinfo->write)
 
        pstore_ftrace_dir = debugfs_create_dir("pstore", NULL);
 
+       pstore_set_ftrace_enabled(record_ftrace);
+
        debugfs_create_file("record_ftrace", 0600, pstore_ftrace_dir, NULL,
                            &pstore_knob_fops);
 }