diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index a64d8fa39e54..6a3f7502310c 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ struct eventfs_inode {
  * @data:	something that the caller will want to get to later on
  * @is_freed:	Flag set if the eventfs is on its way to be freed
  * @mode:	the permission that the file or directory should have
+ * @uid:	saved uid if changed
+ * @gid:	saved gid if changed
  */
 struct eventfs_file {
 	const char			*name;
@@ -61,11 +63,22 @@ struct eventfs_file {
 	void				*data;
 	unsigned int			is_freed:1;
 	unsigned int			mode:31;
+	kuid_t				uid;
+	kgid_t				gid;
 };
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(eventfs_mutex);
 DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(eventfs_srcu);
 
+/* Mode is unsigned short, use the upper bits for flags */
+enum {
+	EVENTFS_SAVE_MODE	= BIT(16),
+	EVENTFS_SAVE_UID	= BIT(17),
+	EVENTFS_SAVE_GID	= BIT(18),
+};
+
+#define EVENTFS_MODE_MASK	(EVENTFS_SAVE_MODE - 1)
+
 static struct dentry *eventfs_root_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 					  struct dentry *dentry,
 					  unsigned int flags);
@@ -73,8 +86,54 @@ static int dcache_dir_open_wrapper(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static int dcache_readdir_wrapper(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx);
 static int eventfs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 
+static void update_attr(struct eventfs_file *ef, struct iattr *iattr)
+{
+	unsigned int ia_valid = iattr->ia_valid;
+
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) {
+		ef->mode = (ef->mode & ~EVENTFS_MODE_MASK) |
+			(iattr->ia_mode & EVENTFS_MODE_MASK) |
+			EVENTFS_SAVE_MODE;
+	}
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_UID) {
+		ef->mode |= EVENTFS_SAVE_UID;
+		ef->uid = iattr->ia_uid;
+	}
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_GID) {
+		ef->mode |= EVENTFS_SAVE_GID;
+		ef->gid = iattr->ia_gid;
+	}
+}
+
+static int eventfs_set_attr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
+			     struct iattr *iattr)
+{
+	struct eventfs_file *ef;
+	int ret;
+
+	mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
+	ef = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	/* The LSB is set when the eventfs_inode is being freed */
+	if (((unsigned long)ef & 1UL) || ef->is_freed) {
+		/* Do not allow changes if the event is about to be removed. */
+		mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	ret = simple_setattr(idmap, dentry, iattr);
+	if (!ret)
+		update_attr(ef, iattr);
+	mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static const struct inode_operations eventfs_root_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= eventfs_root_lookup,
+	.setattr	= eventfs_set_attr,
+};
+
+static const struct inode_operations eventfs_file_inode_operations = {
+	.setattr	= eventfs_set_attr,
 };
 
 static const struct file_operations eventfs_file_operations = {
@@ -85,10 +144,20 @@ static const struct file_operations eventfs_file_operations = {
 	.release	= eventfs_release,
 };
 
+static void update_inode_attr(struct inode *inode, struct eventfs_file *ef)
+{
+	inode->i_mode = ef->mode & EVENTFS_MODE_MASK;
+
+	if (ef->mode & EVENTFS_SAVE_UID)
+		inode->i_uid = ef->uid;
+
+	if (ef->mode & EVENTFS_SAVE_GID)
+		inode->i_gid = ef->gid;
+}
+
 /**
  * create_file - create a file in the tracefs filesystem
- * @name: the name of the file to create.
- * @mode: the permission that the file should have.
+ * @ef: the eventfs_file
  * @parent: parent dentry for this file.
  * @data: something that the caller will want to get to later on.
  * @fop: struct file_operations that should be used for this file.
@@ -104,7 +173,7 @@ static const struct file_operations eventfs_file_operations = {
  * If tracefs is not enabled in the kernel, the value -%ENODEV will be
  * returned.
  */
-static struct dentry *create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+static struct dentry *create_file(struct eventfs_file *ef,
 				  struct dentry *parent, void *data,
 				  const struct file_operations *fop)
 {
@@ -112,13 +181,13 @@ static struct dentry *create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	if (!(mode & S_IFMT))
-		mode |= S_IFREG;
+	if (!(ef->mode & S_IFMT))
+		ef->mode |= S_IFREG;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!S_ISREG(mode)))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!S_ISREG(ef->mode)))
 		return NULL;
 
-	dentry = eventfs_start_creating(name, parent);
+	dentry = eventfs_start_creating(ef->name, parent);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		return dentry;
@@ -127,7 +196,10 @@ static struct dentry *create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 	if (unlikely(!inode))
 		return eventfs_failed_creating(dentry);
 
-	inode->i_mode = mode;
+	/* If the user updated the directory's attributes, use them */
+	update_inode_attr(inode, ef);
+
+	inode->i_op = &eventfs_file_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = fop;
 	inode->i_private = data;
 
@@ -140,7 +212,7 @@ static struct dentry *create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 
 /**
  * create_dir - create a dir in the tracefs filesystem
- * @name: the name of the file to create.
+ * @ei: the eventfs_inode that represents the directory to create
  * @parent: parent dentry for this file.
  * @data: something that the caller will want to get to later on.
  *
@@ -155,13 +227,14 @@ static struct dentry *create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
  * If tracefs is not enabled in the kernel, the value -%ENODEV will be
  * returned.
  */
-static struct dentry *create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent, void *data)
+static struct dentry *create_dir(struct eventfs_file *ef,
+				 struct dentry *parent, void *data)
 {
 	struct tracefs_inode *ti;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	dentry = eventfs_start_creating(name, parent);
+	dentry = eventfs_start_creating(ef->name, parent);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		return dentry;
 
@@ -169,7 +242,8 @@ static struct dentry *create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent, void *
 	if (unlikely(!inode))
 		return eventfs_failed_creating(dentry);
 
-	inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
+	update_inode_attr(inode, ef);
+
 	inode->i_op = &eventfs_root_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &eventfs_file_operations;
 	inode->i_private = data;
@@ -306,10 +380,9 @@ create_dentry(struct eventfs_file *ef, struct dentry *parent, bool lookup)
 		inode_lock(parent->d_inode);
 
 	if (ef->ei)
-		dentry = create_dir(ef->name, parent, ef->data);
+		dentry = create_dir(ef, parent, ef->data);
 	else
-		dentry = create_file(ef->name, ef->mode, parent,
-				     ef->data, ef->fop);
+		dentry = create_file(ef, parent, ef->data, ef->fop);
 
 	if (!lookup)
 		inode_unlock(parent->d_inode);
@@ -475,6 +548,7 @@ static int dcache_dir_open_wrapper(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		if (d) {
 			struct dentry **tmp;
 
+
 			tmp = krealloc(dentries, sizeof(d) * (cnt + 2), GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!tmp)
 				break;
@@ -549,13 +623,14 @@ static struct eventfs_file *eventfs_prepare_ef(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		}
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ef->ei->e_top_files);
+		ef->mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
 	} else {
 		ef->ei = NULL;
+		ef->mode = mode;
 	}
 
 	ef->iop = iop;
 	ef->fop = fop;
-	ef->mode = mode;
 	ef->data = data;
 	return ef;
 }