diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index dbb14705d0d3..37a38496a6be 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -1786,6 +1786,8 @@ static int user_event_parse(struct user_event_group *group, char *name,
 	int ret;
 	u32 key;
 	struct user_event *user;
+	int argc = 0;
+	char **argv;
 
 	/* Prevent dyn_event from racing */
 	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
@@ -1793,13 +1795,35 @@ static int user_event_parse(struct user_event_group *group, char *name,
 	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 
 	if (user) {
-		*newuser = user;
-		/*
-		 * Name is allocated by caller, free it since it already exists.
-		 * Caller only worries about failure cases for freeing.
-		 */
-		kfree(name);
+		if (args) {
+			argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, args, &argc);
+			if (!argv) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto error;
+			}
+
+			ret = user_fields_match(user, argc, (const char **)argv);
+			argv_free(argv);
+
+		} else
+			ret = list_empty(&user->fields);
+
+		if (ret) {
+			*newuser = user;
+			/*
+			 * Name is allocated by caller, free it since it already exists.
+			 * Caller only worries about failure cases for freeing.
+			 */
+			kfree(name);
+		} else {
+			ret = -EADDRINUSE;
+			goto error;
+		}
+
 		return 0;
+error:
+		refcount_dec(&user->refcnt);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	user = kzalloc(sizeof(*user), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/user_events/ftrace_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/user_events/ftrace_test.c
index 7c99cef94a65..6e8c4b47281c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/user_events/ftrace_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/user_events/ftrace_test.c
@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@ TEST_F(user, register_events) {
 	ASSERT_EQ(0, ioctl(self->data_fd, DIAG_IOCSREG, &reg));
 	ASSERT_EQ(0, reg.write_index);
 
+	/* Multiple registers to same name but different args should fail */
+	reg.enable_bit = 29;
+	reg.name_args = (__u64)"__test_event u32 field1;";
+	ASSERT_EQ(-1, ioctl(self->data_fd, DIAG_IOCSREG, &reg));
+	ASSERT_EQ(EADDRINUSE, errno);
+
 	/* Ensure disabled */
 	self->enable_fd = open(enable_file, O_RDWR);
 	ASSERT_NE(-1, self->enable_fd);