diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index 43e237864a42..2ccc849a5bda 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ static const struct file_operations eventfs_file_operations = {
 	.release	= eventfs_release,
 };
 
-static void update_inode_attr(struct inode *inode, struct eventfs_attr *attr, umode_t mode)
+static void update_inode_attr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+			      struct eventfs_attr *attr, umode_t mode)
 {
 	if (!attr) {
 		inode->i_mode = mode;
@@ -162,9 +163,13 @@ static void update_inode_attr(struct inode *inode, struct eventfs_attr *attr, um
 
 	if (attr->mode & EVENTFS_SAVE_UID)
 		inode->i_uid = attr->uid;
+	else
+		inode->i_uid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_uid;
 
 	if (attr->mode & EVENTFS_SAVE_GID)
 		inode->i_gid = attr->gid;
+	else
+		inode->i_gid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_gid;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -206,7 +211,7 @@ static struct dentry *create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 		return eventfs_failed_creating(dentry);
 
 	/* If the user updated the directory's attributes, use them */
-	update_inode_attr(inode, attr, mode);
+	update_inode_attr(dentry, inode, attr, mode);
 
 	inode->i_op = &eventfs_file_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = fop;
@@ -242,7 +247,8 @@ static struct dentry *create_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei, struct dentry *parent
 		return eventfs_failed_creating(dentry);
 
 	/* If the user updated the directory's attributes, use them */
-	update_inode_attr(inode, &ei->attr, S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO);
+	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_fop = &eventfs_file_operations;