diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 8b488f4dd8e8..84752c8e28b5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -5539,16 +5539,20 @@ static const struct file_operations ftrace_pid_fops = {
 
 void ftrace_init_tracefs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer)
 {
-	/* Only the top level directory has the dyn_tracefs and profile */
-	if (tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_GLOBAL) {
-		ftrace_init_dyn_tracefs(d_tracer);
-		ftrace_profile_tracefs(d_tracer);
-	}
-
 	trace_create_file("set_ftrace_pid", 0644, d_tracer,
 			    tr, &ftrace_pid_fops);
 }
 
+void __init ftrace_init_tracefs_toplevel(struct trace_array *tr,
+					 struct dentry *d_tracer)
+{
+	/* Only the top level directory has the dyn_tracefs and profile */
+	WARN_ON(!(tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_GLOBAL));
+
+	ftrace_init_dyn_tracefs(d_tracer);
+	ftrace_profile_tracefs(d_tracer);
+}
+
 /**
  * ftrace_kill - kill ftrace
  *
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 3d9f31b576f3..5fd53a7847bc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -7369,6 +7369,7 @@ static __init int tracer_init_tracefs(void)
 		return 0;
 
 	init_tracer_tracefs(&global_trace, d_tracer);
+	ftrace_init_tracefs_toplevel(&global_trace, d_tracer);
 
 	trace_create_file("tracing_thresh", 0644, d_tracer,
 			&global_trace, &tracing_thresh_fops);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index eaee458755a4..c1de3f493cd3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -857,6 +857,8 @@ void ftrace_init_array_ops(struct trace_array *tr, ftrace_func_t func);
 void ftrace_reset_array_ops(struct trace_array *tr);
 int using_ftrace_ops_list_func(void);
 void ftrace_init_tracefs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer);
+void ftrace_init_tracefs_toplevel(struct trace_array *tr,
+				  struct dentry *d_tracer);
 #else
 static inline int ftrace_trace_task(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
@@ -874,6 +876,7 @@ static inline __init void
 ftrace_init_global_array_ops(struct trace_array *tr) { }
 static inline void ftrace_reset_array_ops(struct trace_array *tr) { }
 static inline void ftrace_init_tracefs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d) { }
+static inline void ftrace_init_tracefs_toplevel(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d) { }
 /* ftace_func_t type is not defined, use macro instead of static inline */
 #define ftrace_init_array_ops(tr, func) do { } while (0)
 #endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER */