diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
index bea8ad876bf9..7098c49f3693 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static const struct file_operations tracefs_file_operations = {
 static struct tracefs_dir_ops {
 	int (*mkdir)(const char *name);
 	int (*rmdir)(const char *name);
-} tracefs_ops;
+} tracefs_ops __ro_after_init;
 
 static char *get_dname(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
@@ -478,7 +478,8 @@ struct dentry *tracefs_create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
  *
  * Returns the dentry of the instances directory.
  */
-struct dentry *tracefs_create_instance_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent,
+__init struct dentry *tracefs_create_instance_dir(const char *name,
+					  struct dentry *parent,
 					  int (*mkdir)(const char *name),
 					  int (*rmdir)(const char *name))
 {