diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
index 0db0e0138bf8..3fdbbc7a9848 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -159,6 +159,77 @@ struct tracefs_fs_info {
 	struct tracefs_mount_opts mount_opts;
 };
 
+static void change_gid(struct dentry *dentry, kgid_t gid)
+{
+	if (!dentry->d_inode)
+		return;
+	dentry->d_inode->i_gid = gid;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Taken from d_walk, but without he need for handling renames.
+ * Nothing can be renamed while walking the list, as tracefs
+ * does not support renames. This is only called when mounting
+ * or remounting the file system, to set all the files to
+ * the given gid.
+ */
+static void set_gid(struct dentry *parent, kgid_t gid)
+{
+	struct dentry *this_parent;
+	struct list_head *next;
+
+	this_parent = parent;
+	spin_lock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+
+	change_gid(this_parent, gid);
+repeat:
+	next = this_parent->d_subdirs.next;
+resume:
+	while (next != &this_parent->d_subdirs) {
+		struct list_head *tmp = next;
+		struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_child);
+		next = tmp->next;
+
+		spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+
+		change_gid(dentry, gid);
+
+		if (!list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
+			spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+			spin_release(&dentry->d_lock.dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
+			this_parent = dentry;
+			spin_acquire(&this_parent->d_lock.dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_);
+			goto repeat;
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	}
+	/*
+	 * All done at this level ... ascend and resume the search.
+	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+ascend:
+	if (this_parent != parent) {
+		struct dentry *child = this_parent;
+		this_parent = child->d_parent;
+
+		spin_unlock(&child->d_lock);
+		spin_lock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+
+		/* go into the first sibling still alive */
+		do {
+			next = child->d_child.next;
+			if (next == &this_parent->d_subdirs)
+				goto ascend;
+			child = list_entry(next, struct dentry, d_child);
+		} while (unlikely(child->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED));
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		goto resume;
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+	return;
+}
+
 static int tracefs_parse_options(char *data, struct tracefs_mount_opts *opts)
 {
 	substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
@@ -191,6 +262,7 @@ static int tracefs_parse_options(char *data, struct tracefs_mount_opts *opts)
 			if (!gid_valid(gid))
 				return -EINVAL;
 			opts->gid = gid;
+			set_gid(tracefs_mount->mnt_root, gid);
 			break;
 		case Opt_mode:
 			if (match_octal(&args[0], &option))