diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index ca7daee7c811..9e031e5a2713 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_file(struct eventfs_inode *parent_ei,
 	dentry->d_fsdata = get_ei(parent_ei);
 
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	fsnotify_create(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry);
 	return NULL;
 };
 
@@ -408,7 +407,6 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_dir_entry(struct dentry *dentry,
 	inc_nlink(inode);
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	inc_nlink(dentry->d_parent->d_inode);
-	fsnotify_mkdir(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry);
 	return NULL;
 }