diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index f168aca45458..9f64e7332796 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -452,7 +452,8 @@ static int dcache_dir_open_wrapper(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	ei = ti->private;
 	idx = srcu_read_lock(&eventfs_srcu);
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ef, &ei->e_top_files, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_srcu(ef, &ei->e_top_files, list,
+				 srcu_read_lock_held(&eventfs_srcu)) {
 		create_dentry(ef, dentry, false);
 	}
 	srcu_read_unlock(&eventfs_srcu, idx);