diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index 6795fda2af19..6b211522a13e 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -34,7 +34,15 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(eventfs_mutex);
 
 /* Choose something "unique" ;-) */
 #define EVENTFS_FILE_INODE_INO		0x12c4e37
-#define EVENTFS_DIR_INODE_INO		0x134b2f5
+
+/* Just try to make something consistent and unique */
+static int eventfs_dir_ino(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
+{
+	if (!ei->ino)
+		ei->ino = get_next_ino();
+
+	return ei->ino;
+}
 
 /*
  * The eventfs_inode (ei) itself is protected by SRCU. It is released from
@@ -396,7 +404,7 @@ static struct dentry *create_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei, struct dentry *parent
 	inode->i_fop = &eventfs_file_operations;
 
 	/* All directories will have the same inode number */
-	inode->i_ino = EVENTFS_DIR_INODE_INO;
+	inode->i_ino = eventfs_dir_ino(ei);
 
 	ti = get_tracefs(inode);
 	ti->flags |= TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE;
@@ -802,7 +810,7 @@ static int eventfs_iterate(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 
 		name = ei_child->name;
 
-		ino = EVENTFS_DIR_INODE_INO;
+		ino = eventfs_dir_ino(ei_child);
 
 		if (!dir_emit(ctx, name, strlen(name), ino, DT_DIR))
 			goto out_dec;
diff --git a/fs/tracefs/internal.h b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
index 12b7d0150ae9..45397df9bb65 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ struct eventfs_inode {
 	struct eventfs_attr		*entry_attrs;
 	struct eventfs_attr		attr;
 	void				*data;
+	unsigned int			is_freed:1;
+	unsigned int			is_events:1;
+	unsigned int			nr_entries:30;
+	unsigned int			ino;
 	/*
 	 * Union - used for deletion
 	 * @llist:	for calling dput() if needed after RCU
@@ -64,9 +68,6 @@ struct eventfs_inode {
 		struct llist_node	llist;
 		struct rcu_head		rcu;
 	};
-	unsigned int			is_freed:1;
-	unsigned int			is_events:1;
-	unsigned int			nr_entries:30;
 };
 
 static inline struct tracefs_inode *get_tracefs(const struct inode *inode)