diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index 15a2a9c3c62b..9dacf65c0b6e 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ enum {
 	EVENTFS_SAVE_MODE	= BIT(16),
 	EVENTFS_SAVE_UID	= BIT(17),
 	EVENTFS_SAVE_GID	= BIT(18),
-	EVENTFS_TOPLEVEL	= BIT(19),
 };
 
 #define EVENTFS_MODE_MASK	(EVENTFS_SAVE_MODE - 1)
@@ -239,14 +238,10 @@ static int eventfs_set_attr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void update_top_events_attr(struct eventfs_inode *ei, struct super_block *sb)
+static void update_events_attr(struct eventfs_inode *ei, struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct inode *root;
 
-	/* Only update if the "events" was on the top level */
-	if (!ei || !(ei->attr.mode & EVENTFS_TOPLEVEL))
-		return;
-
 	/* Get the tracefs root inode. */
 	root = d_inode(sb->s_root);
 	ei->attr.uid = root->i_uid;
@@ -259,10 +254,10 @@ static void set_top_events_ownership(struct inode *inode)
 	struct eventfs_inode *ei = ti->private;
 
 	/* The top events directory doesn't get automatically updated */
-	if (!ei || !ei->is_events || !(ei->attr.mode & EVENTFS_TOPLEVEL))
+	if (!ei || !ei->is_events)
 		return;
 
-	update_top_events_attr(ei, inode->i_sb);
+	update_events_attr(ei, inode->i_sb);
 
 	if (!(ei->attr.mode & EVENTFS_SAVE_UID))
 		inode->i_uid = ei->attr.uid;
@@ -291,7 +286,7 @@ static int eventfs_permission(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	return generic_permission(idmap, inode, mask);
 }
 
-static const struct inode_operations eventfs_root_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations eventfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= eventfs_root_lookup,
 	.setattr	= eventfs_set_attr,
 	.getattr	= eventfs_get_attr,
@@ -359,7 +354,7 @@ static struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_find_events(struct dentry *dentry)
 		// Walk upwards until you find the events inode
 	} while (!ei->is_events);
 
-	update_top_events_attr(ei, dentry->d_sb);
+	update_events_attr(ei, dentry->d_sb);
 
 	return ei;
 }
@@ -465,7 +460,7 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_dir_entry(struct dentry *dentry,
 	update_inode_attr(dentry, inode, &ei->attr,
 			  S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO);
 
-	inode->i_op = &eventfs_root_dir_inode_operations;
+	inode->i_op = &eventfs_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &eventfs_file_operations;
 
 	/* All directories will have the same inode number */
@@ -845,14 +840,6 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 	uid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_uid;
 	gid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_gid;
 
-	/*
-	 * If the events directory is of the top instance, then parent
-	 * is NULL. Set the attr.mode to reflect this and its permissions will
-	 * default to the tracefs root dentry.
-	 */
-	if (!parent)
-		ei->attr.mode = EVENTFS_TOPLEVEL;
-
 	/* This is used as the default ownership of the files and directories */
 	ei->attr.uid = uid;
 	ei->attr.gid = gid;
@@ -861,13 +848,13 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->list);
 
 	ti = get_tracefs(inode);
-	ti->flags |= TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE | TRACEFS_EVENT_TOP_INODE;
+	ti->flags |= TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE;
 	ti->private = ei;
 
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
 	inode->i_uid = uid;
 	inode->i_gid = gid;
-	inode->i_op = &eventfs_root_dir_inode_operations;
+	inode->i_op = &eventfs_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &eventfs_file_operations;
 
 	dentry->d_fsdata = get_ei(ei);
diff --git a/fs/tracefs/internal.h b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
index 29f0c999975b..f704d8348357 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 
 enum {
 	TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE		= BIT(1),
-	TRACEFS_EVENT_TOP_INODE		= BIT(2),
-	TRACEFS_GID_PERM_SET		= BIT(3),
-	TRACEFS_UID_PERM_SET		= BIT(4),
-	TRACEFS_INSTANCE_INODE		= BIT(5),
+	TRACEFS_GID_PERM_SET		= BIT(2),
+	TRACEFS_UID_PERM_SET		= BIT(3),
+	TRACEFS_INSTANCE_INODE		= BIT(4),
 };
 
 struct tracefs_inode {