diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 0419d41a2060..bb6089c2951e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1850,6 +1850,11 @@ static void rb_meta_validate_events(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 				cpu_buffer->cpu);
 			goto invalid;
 		}
+
+		/* If the buffer has content, update pages_touched */
+		if (ret)
+			local_inc(&cpu_buffer->pages_touched);
+
 		entries += ret;
 		entry_bytes += local_read(&head_page->page->commit);
 		local_set(&cpu_buffer->head_page->entries, ret);