diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 3f2477713aca..cfff63c2148a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2843,6 +2843,17 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Should be used after trace_array_get(), trace_types_lock
+ * ensures that i_cdev was already initialized.
+ */
+static inline int tracing_get_cpu(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (inode->i_cdev) /* See trace_create_cpu_file() */
+		return (long)inode->i_cdev - 1;
+	return RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS;
+}
+
 static const struct seq_operations tracer_seq_ops = {
 	.start		= s_start,
 	.next		= s_next,
@@ -5529,6 +5540,17 @@ static struct dentry *tracing_dentry_percpu(struct trace_array *tr, int cpu)
 	return tr->percpu_dir;
 }
 
+static struct dentry *
+trace_create_cpu_file(const char *name, umode_t mode, struct dentry *parent,
+		      void *data, long cpu, const struct file_operations *fops)
+{
+	struct dentry *ret = trace_create_file(name, mode, parent, data, fops);
+
+	if (ret) /* See tracing_get_cpu() */
+		ret->d_inode->i_cdev = (void *)(cpu + 1);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void
 tracing_init_debugfs_percpu(struct trace_array *tr, long cpu)
 {
@@ -5548,28 +5570,28 @@ tracing_init_debugfs_percpu(struct trace_array *tr, long cpu)
 	}
 
 	/* per cpu trace_pipe */
-	trace_create_file("trace_pipe", 0444, d_cpu,
-			(void *)&data->trace_cpu, &tracing_pipe_fops);
+	trace_create_cpu_file("trace_pipe", 0444, d_cpu,
+				&data->trace_cpu, cpu, &tracing_pipe_fops);
 
 	/* per cpu trace */
-	trace_create_file("trace", 0644, d_cpu,
-			(void *)&data->trace_cpu, &tracing_fops);
+	trace_create_cpu_file("trace", 0644, d_cpu,
+				&data->trace_cpu, cpu, &tracing_fops);
 
-	trace_create_file("trace_pipe_raw", 0444, d_cpu,
-			(void *)&data->trace_cpu, &tracing_buffers_fops);
+	trace_create_cpu_file("trace_pipe_raw", 0444, d_cpu,
+				&data->trace_cpu, cpu, &tracing_buffers_fops);
 
-	trace_create_file("stats", 0444, d_cpu,
-			(void *)&data->trace_cpu, &tracing_stats_fops);
+	trace_create_cpu_file("stats", 0444, d_cpu,
+				&data->trace_cpu, cpu, &tracing_stats_fops);
 
-	trace_create_file("buffer_size_kb", 0444, d_cpu,
-			(void *)&data->trace_cpu, &tracing_entries_fops);
+	trace_create_cpu_file("buffer_size_kb", 0444, d_cpu,
+				&data->trace_cpu, cpu, &tracing_entries_fops);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT
-	trace_create_file("snapshot", 0644, d_cpu,
-			  (void *)&data->trace_cpu, &snapshot_fops);
+	trace_create_cpu_file("snapshot", 0644, d_cpu,
+				&data->trace_cpu, cpu, &snapshot_fops);
 
-	trace_create_file("snapshot_raw", 0444, d_cpu,
-			(void *)&data->trace_cpu, &snapshot_raw_fops);
+	trace_create_cpu_file("snapshot_raw", 0444, d_cpu,
+				&data->trace_cpu, cpu, &snapshot_raw_fops);
 #endif
 }