diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
index 57ac8aa4a724..2508944cc4d8 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -21,13 +21,33 @@
 #include <linux/parser.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include "internal.h"
 
 #define TRACEFS_DEFAULT_MODE	0700
+static struct kmem_cache *tracefs_inode_cachep __ro_after_init;
 
 static struct vfsmount *tracefs_mount;
 static int tracefs_mount_count;
 static bool tracefs_registered;
 
+static struct inode *tracefs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct tracefs_inode *ti;
+
+	ti = kmem_cache_alloc(tracefs_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ti)
+		return NULL;
+
+	ti->flags = 0;
+
+	return &ti->vfs_inode;
+}
+
+static void tracefs_free_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	kmem_cache_free(tracefs_inode_cachep, get_tracefs(inode));
+}
+
 static ssize_t default_read_file(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 				 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -346,6 +366,9 @@ static int tracefs_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *root)
 }
 
 static const struct super_operations tracefs_super_operations = {
+	.alloc_inode    = tracefs_alloc_inode,
+	.free_inode     = tracefs_free_inode,
+	.drop_inode     = generic_delete_inode,
 	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= tracefs_remount,
 	.show_options	= tracefs_show_options,
@@ -628,10 +651,26 @@ bool tracefs_initialized(void)
 	return tracefs_registered;
 }
 
+static void init_once(void *foo)
+{
+	struct tracefs_inode *ti = (struct tracefs_inode *) foo;
+
+	inode_init_once(&ti->vfs_inode);
+}
+
 static int __init tracefs_init(void)
 {
 	int retval;
 
+	tracefs_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("tracefs_inode_cache",
+						 sizeof(struct tracefs_inode),
+						 0, (SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|
+						     SLAB_MEM_SPREAD|
+						     SLAB_ACCOUNT),
+						 init_once);
+	if (!tracefs_inode_cachep)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	retval = sysfs_create_mount_point(kernel_kobj, "tracing");
 	if (retval)
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/tracefs/internal.h b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..954ea005632b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _TRACEFS_INTERNAL_H
+#define _TRACEFS_INTERNAL_H
+
+struct tracefs_inode {
+	unsigned long           flags;
+	void                    *private;
+	struct inode            vfs_inode;
+};
+
+static inline struct tracefs_inode *get_tracefs(const struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return container_of(inode, struct tracefs_inode, vfs_inode);
+}
+#endif /* _TRACEFS_INTERNAL_H */