diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index 5d88c184f0fc..6a698b524338 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static void release_ei(struct kref *ref)
 			entry->release(entry->name, ei->data);
 	}
 
-	call_rcu(&ei->rcu, free_ei_rcu);
+	call_srcu(&eventfs_srcu, &ei->rcu, free_ei_rcu);
 }
 
 static inline void put_ei(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ static struct inode *eventfs_get_inode(struct dentry *dentry, struct eventfs_att
 
 	ti = get_tracefs(inode);
 	ti->private = ei;
+	WARN(ti->flags, "ti-flags = %lx\n", ti->flags);
 	ti->flags |= TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE;
 
 	/* Find the top dentry that holds the "events" directory */
@@ -736,7 +737,7 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct eventfs_inode
 	/* Was the parent freed? */
 	if (list_empty(&ei->list)) {
 		cleanup_ei(ei);
-		ei = NULL;
+		ei = ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
 	}
 	return ei;
 }
@@ -802,6 +803,7 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->list);
 
 	ti = get_tracefs(inode);
+	WARN(ti->flags, "ti-flags = %lx\n", ti->flags);
 	ti->flags |= TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE;
 	ti->private = ei;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 6ef29eba90ce..5fbfa1c885de 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -1627,12 +1627,14 @@ static int f_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 
 static void *f_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 {
+	struct trace_event_file *file;
 	void *p = (void *)FORMAT_HEADER;
 	loff_t l = 0;
 
 	/* ->stop() is called even if ->start() fails */
 	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
-	if (!event_file_data(m->private))
+	file = event_file_data(m->private);
+	if (!file || (file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
 	while (l < *pos && p)