diff --git a/include/linux/trace_events.h b/include/linux/trace_events.h
index 422f4ca656cf91..c8b5e9781d01a2 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_events.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_events.h
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ enum {
 	EVENT_FILE_FL_TRIGGER_COND_BIT,
 	EVENT_FILE_FL_PID_FILTER_BIT,
 	EVENT_FILE_FL_WAS_ENABLED_BIT,
+	EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED_BIT,
 };
 
 extern struct trace_event_file *trace_get_event_file(const char *instance,
@@ -616,6 +617,7 @@ extern int __kprobe_event_add_fields(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd, ...);
  *  TRIGGER_COND  - When set, one or more triggers has an associated filter
  *  PID_FILTER    - When set, the event is filtered based on pid
  *  WAS_ENABLED   - Set when enabled to know to clear trace on module removal
+ *  FREED         - File descriptor is freed, all fields should be considered invalid
  */
 enum {
 	EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED		= (1 << EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED_BIT),
@@ -629,6 +631,7 @@ enum {
 	EVENT_FILE_FL_TRIGGER_COND	= (1 << EVENT_FILE_FL_TRIGGER_COND_BIT),
 	EVENT_FILE_FL_PID_FILTER	= (1 << EVENT_FILE_FL_PID_FILTER_BIT),
 	EVENT_FILE_FL_WAS_ENABLED	= (1 << EVENT_FILE_FL_WAS_ENABLED_BIT),
+	EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED		= (1 << EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED_BIT),
 };
 
 struct trace_event_file {
@@ -657,6 +660,7 @@ struct trace_event_file {
 	 * caching and such. Which is mostly OK ;-)
 	 */
 	unsigned long		flags;
+	atomic_t		ref;	/* ref count for opened files */
 	atomic_t		sm_ref;	/* soft-mode reference counter */
 	atomic_t		tm_ref;	/* trigger-mode reference counter */
 };
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 9db92a6e14636d..ddcfc78e93e001 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4912,6 +4912,20 @@ int tracing_open_file_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+
+	/* Fail if the file is marked for removal */
+	if (file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED) {
+		trace_array_put(file->tr);
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+	} else {
+		event_file_get(file);
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	filp->private_data = inode->i_private;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -4922,6 +4936,7 @@ int tracing_release_file_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	struct trace_event_file *file = inode->i_private;
 
 	trace_array_put(file->tr);
+	event_file_put(file);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 7e6d5101bdb054..10aaafa2936dca 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1631,6 +1631,9 @@ extern void event_trigger_unregister(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 				     char *glob,
 				     struct event_trigger_data *trigger_data);
 
+extern void event_file_get(struct trace_event_file *file);
+extern void event_file_put(struct trace_event_file *file);
+
 /**
  * struct event_trigger_ops - callbacks for trace event triggers
  *
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 2e3dce5e2575eb..a6d2f99f847d37 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -988,26 +988,38 @@ static void remove_subsystem(struct trace_subsystem_dir *dir)
 	}
 }
 
-static void remove_event_file_dir(struct trace_event_file *file)
+void event_file_get(struct trace_event_file *file)
 {
-	struct dentry *dir = file->dir;
-	struct dentry *child;
+	atomic_inc(&file->ref);
+}
 
-	if (dir) {
-		spin_lock(&dir->d_lock);	/* probably unneeded */
-		list_for_each_entry(child, &dir->d_subdirs, d_child) {
-			if (d_really_is_positive(child))	/* probably unneeded */
-				d_inode(child)->i_private = NULL;
-		}
-		spin_unlock(&dir->d_lock);
+void event_file_put(struct trace_event_file *file)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!atomic_read(&file->ref))) {
+		if (file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED)
+			kmem_cache_free(file_cachep, file);
+		return;
+	}
 
-		tracefs_remove(dir);
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&file->ref)) {
+		/* Count should only go to zero when it is freed */
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED)))
+			return;
+		kmem_cache_free(file_cachep, file);
 	}
+}
+
+static void remove_event_file_dir(struct trace_event_file *file)
+{
+	struct dentry *dir = file->dir;
+
+	tracefs_remove(dir);
 
 	list_del(&file->list);
 	remove_subsystem(file->system);
 	free_event_filter(file->filter);
-	kmem_cache_free(file_cachep, file);
+	file->flags |= EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED;
+	event_file_put(file);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1380,7 +1392,7 @@ event_enable_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 		flags = file->flags;
 	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 
-	if (!file)
+	if (!file || flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED &&
@@ -1418,7 +1430,7 @@ event_enable_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 		ret = -ENODEV;
 		mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
 		file = event_file_data(filp);
-		if (likely(file))
+		if (likely(file && !(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED)))
 			ret = ftrace_event_enable_disable(file, val);
 		mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 		break;
@@ -1692,7 +1704,7 @@ event_filter_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 
 	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
 	file = event_file_data(filp);
-	if (file)
+	if (file && !(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED))
 		print_event_filter(file, s);
 	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 
@@ -2810,6 +2822,7 @@ trace_create_new_event(struct trace_event_call *call,
 	atomic_set(&file->tm_ref, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->triggers);
 	list_add(&file->list, &tr->events);
+	event_file_get(file);
 
 	return file;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 96acc2b71ac747..86a0531efd43da 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -1997,6 +1997,9 @@ int apply_event_filter(struct trace_event_file *file, char *filter_string)
 	struct event_filter *filter = NULL;
 	int err;
 
+	if (file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	if (!strcmp(strstrip(filter_string), "0")) {
 		filter_disable(file);
 		filter = event_filter(file);