diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index eab18b157ef5..1ccd100bc565 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -901,22 +901,17 @@ void eventfs_remove_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
 }
 
 /**
- * eventfs_remove_events_dir - remove eventfs dir or file from list
- * @dentry: events's dentry to be removed.
+ * eventfs_remove_events_dir - remove the top level eventfs directory
+ * @ei: the event_inode returned by eventfs_create_events_dir().
  *
- * This function remove events main directory
+ * This function removes the events main directory
  */
-void eventfs_remove_events_dir(struct dentry *dentry)
+void eventfs_remove_events_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
 {
-	struct tracefs_inode *ti;
+	struct dentry *dentry = ei->dentry;
 
-	if (!dentry || !dentry->d_inode)
-		return;
+	eventfs_remove_dir(ei);
 
-	ti = get_tracefs(dentry->d_inode);
-	if (!ti || !(ti->flags & TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE))
-		return;
-
-	d_invalidate(dentry);
+	/* Matches the dget() from eventfs_create_events_dir() */
 	dput(dentry);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/tracefs.h b/include/linux/tracefs.h
index 0c39704455d9..13359b1a35d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracefs.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracefs.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct eventfs_inode
 					 const struct eventfs_entry *entries,
 					 int size, void *data);
 
+void eventfs_remove_events_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei);
 void eventfs_remove_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei);
 
 struct dentry *tracefs_create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 6595317c3830..697163f8f670 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -3893,7 +3893,7 @@ int event_trace_del_tracer(struct trace_array *tr)
 
 	down_write(&trace_event_sem);
 	__trace_remove_event_dirs(tr);
-	eventfs_remove_dir(tr->event_dir);
+	eventfs_remove_events_dir(tr->event_dir);
 	up_write(&trace_event_sem);
 
 	tr->event_dir = NULL;