diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 571a57e0f369..dcb5d7321095 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -2121,7 +2121,8 @@ static int init_var_ref(struct hist_field *ref_field,
 	ref_field->size = var_field->size;
 	ref_field->is_signed = var_field->is_signed;
 	ref_field->flags |= var_field->flags &
-		(HIST_FIELD_FL_TIMESTAMP | HIST_FIELD_FL_TIMESTAMP_USECS);
+		(HIST_FIELD_FL_TIMESTAMP | HIST_FIELD_FL_TIMESTAMP_USECS |
+		 HIST_FIELD_FL_STACKTRACE);
 
 	if (system) {
 		ref_field->system = kstrdup(system, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -3318,6 +3319,7 @@ static struct field_var *create_field_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 		ret = PTR_ERR(var);
 		goto err;
 	}
+	var->flags |= val->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_STACKTRACE;
 
 	field_var = kzalloc_obj(struct field_var);
 	if (!field_var) {
@@ -3946,7 +3948,10 @@ static int check_synth_field(struct synth_event *event,
 	    && field->is_dynamic)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (strstr(hist_field->type, "long[") && field->is_stack)
+	if (!!(hist_field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_STACKTRACE) != field->is_stack)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (field->is_stack)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (strcmp(field->type, hist_field->type) != 0) {
@@ -4487,7 +4492,8 @@ static int create_var_field(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	if (!ret && hist_data->fields[val_idx]->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_EXECNAME)
 		update_var_execname(hist_data->fields[val_idx]);
 
-	if (!ret && hist_data->fields[val_idx]->flags &
+	if (!ret && !(hist_data->fields[val_idx]->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_ALIAS) &&
+	    hist_data->fields[val_idx]->flags &
 	    (HIST_FIELD_FL_STRING | HIST_FIELD_FL_STACKTRACE))
 		hist_data->fields[val_idx]->var_str_idx = hist_data->n_var_str++;
 
@@ -5228,7 +5234,8 @@ static void hist_trigger_elt_update(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 		if (hist_field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_VAR) {
 			var_idx = hist_field->var.idx;
 
-			if (hist_field->flags &
+			if (!(hist_field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_ALIAS) &&
+			    hist_field->flags &
 			    (HIST_FIELD_FL_STRING | HIST_FIELD_FL_STACKTRACE)) {
 				unsigned int str_start, var_str_idx, idx;
 				char *str, *val_str;