--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
 
 #define DEBUGFS_MAGIC	0x64626720
 
@@ -87,15 +88,22 @@
 
 	mode = (mode & (S_IRWXUGO | S_ISVTX)) | S_IFDIR;
 	res = debugfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
-	if (!res)
+	if (!res) {
 		dir->i_nlink++;
+		fsnotify_mkdir(dir, dentry);
+	}
 	return res;
 }
 
 static int debugfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 {
+	int res;
+
 	mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
-	return debugfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
+	res = debugfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
+	if (!res)
+		fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
+	return res;
 }
 
 static inline int debugfs_positive(struct dentry *dentry)