diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index 1ce73acf3df0..dd5971855732 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ static struct dentry *create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
 	return eventfs_end_creating(dentry);
 }
 
+static void free_ei(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
+{
+	kfree_const(ei->name);
+	kfree(ei->d_children);
+	kfree(ei);
+}
+
 /**
  * eventfs_set_ei_status_free - remove the dentry reference from an eventfs_inode
  * @ti: the tracefs_inode of the dentry
@@ -168,9 +175,7 @@ void eventfs_set_ei_status_free(struct tracefs_inode *ti, struct dentry *dentry)
 			eventfs_remove_dir(ei_child);
 		}
 
-		kfree_const(ei->name);
-		kfree(ei->d_children);
-		kfree(ei);
+		free_ei(ei);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -784,13 +789,11 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
 
-static void free_ei(struct rcu_head *head)
+static void free_rcu_ei(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct eventfs_inode *ei = container_of(head, struct eventfs_inode, rcu);
 
-	kfree_const(ei->name);
-	kfree(ei->d_children);
-	kfree(ei);
+	free_ei(ei);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -881,7 +884,7 @@ void eventfs_remove_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
 		for (i = 0; i < ei->nr_entries; i++)
 			unhook_dentry(&ei->d_children[i], &dentry_list);
 		unhook_dentry(&ei->dentry, &dentry_list);
-		call_srcu(&eventfs_srcu, &ei->rcu, free_ei);
+		call_srcu(&eventfs_srcu, &ei->rcu, free_rcu_ei);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);