diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index bcd93031d042..d5000cba5a27 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -8111,6 +8111,8 @@ static __init int tracer_init_tracefs(void)
 	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
 		return 0;
 
+	event_trace_init();
+
 	init_tracer_tracefs(&global_trace, d_tracer);
 	ftrace_init_tracefs_toplevel(&global_trace, d_tracer);
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 07c43960a704..d0319cbacf11 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1451,6 +1451,7 @@ trace_find_event_field(struct trace_event_call *call, char *name);
 extern void trace_event_enable_cmd_record(bool enable);
 extern void trace_event_enable_tgid_record(bool enable);
 
+extern int event_trace_init(void);
 extern int event_trace_add_tracer(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_array *tr);
 extern int event_trace_del_tracer(struct trace_array *tr);
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index caf76355f0a3..5b647904a65b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -3144,7 +3144,7 @@ static __init int event_trace_enable_again(void)
 
 early_initcall(event_trace_enable_again);
 
-static __init int event_trace_init(void)
+__init int event_trace_init(void)
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr;
 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
@@ -3189,8 +3189,6 @@ void __init trace_event_init(void)
 	event_trace_enable();
 }
 
-fs_initcall(event_trace_init);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(test_spinlock);