diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index 1885f1f1f339..09ab93357957 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ static void unhook_dentry(struct dentry **dentry, struct dentry **list)
 	}
 }
 /**
- * eventfs_remove - remove eventfs dir or file from list
+ * eventfs_remove_dir - remove eventfs dir or file from list
  * @ei: eventfs_inode to be removed.
  *
  * This function acquire the eventfs_mutex lock and call eventfs_remove_rec()