diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
index 1748dff58c3b..cfc614c638da 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ static int tracefs_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc)
 	struct tracefs_fs_info *sb_opts = sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct tracefs_fs_info *new_opts = fc->s_fs_info;
 
+	if (!new_opts)
+		return 0;
+
 	sync_filesystem(sb);
 	/* structure copy of new mount options to sb */
 	*sb_opts = *new_opts;
@@ -478,14 +481,17 @@ static int tracefs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 	sb->s_op = &tracefs_super_operations;
 	sb->s_d_op = &tracefs_dentry_operations;
 
-	tracefs_apply_options(sb, false);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int tracefs_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
 {
-	return get_tree_single(fc, tracefs_fill_super);
+	int err = get_tree_single(fc, tracefs_fill_super);
+
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	return tracefs_reconfigure(fc);
 }
 
 static void tracefs_free_fc(struct fs_context *fc)