diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 686ec39..ffc5b28 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -244,6 +244,35 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 }
 
+static void __put_system(struct event_subsystem *system)
+{
+	struct event_filter *filter = system->filter;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(system->ref_count == 0);
+	if (--system->ref_count)
+		return;
+
+	if (filter) {
+		kfree(filter->filter_string);
+		kfree(filter);
+	}
+	kfree(system->name);
+	kfree(system);
+}
+
+static void __get_system(struct event_subsystem *system)
+{
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(system->ref_count == 0);
+	system->ref_count++;
+}
+
+static void put_system(struct event_subsystem *system)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+	__put_system(system);
+	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
+}
+
 /*
  * __ftrace_set_clr_event(NULL, NULL, NULL, set) will set/unset all events.
  */
@@ -826,6 +855,47 @@
 	return cnt;
 }
 
+static LIST_HEAD(event_subsystems);
+
+static int subsystem_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	struct event_subsystem *system = NULL;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Make sure the system still exists */
+	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(system, &event_subsystems, list) {
+		if (system == inode->i_private) {
+			/* Don't open systems with no events */
+			if (!system->nr_events) {
+				system = NULL;
+				break;
+			}
+			__get_system(system);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
+
+	if (system != inode->i_private)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	ret = tracing_open_generic(inode, filp);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		put_system(system);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int subsystem_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct event_subsystem *system = inode->i_private;
+
+	put_system(system);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static ssize_t
 subsystem_filter_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 		      loff_t *ppos)
@@ -963,10 +1033,11 @@
 };
 
 static const struct file_operations ftrace_subsystem_filter_fops = {
-	.open = tracing_open_generic,
+	.open = subsystem_open,
 	.read = subsystem_filter_read,
 	.write = subsystem_filter_write,
 	.llseek = default_llseek,
+	.release = subsystem_release,
 };
 
 static const struct file_operations ftrace_system_enable_fops = {
@@ -1002,8 +1073,6 @@
 	return d_events;
 }
 
-static LIST_HEAD(event_subsystems);
-
 static struct dentry *
 event_subsystem_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *d_events)
 {
@@ -1013,6 +1082,7 @@
 	/* First see if we did not already create this dir */
 	list_for_each_entry(system, &event_subsystems, list) {
 		if (strcmp(system->name, name) == 0) {
+			__get_system(system);
 			system->nr_events++;
 			return system->entry;
 		}
@@ -1035,6 +1105,7 @@
 	}
 
 	system->nr_events = 1;
+	system->ref_count = 1;
 	system->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!system->name) {
 		debugfs_remove(system->entry);
@@ -1184,16 +1255,9 @@
 	list_for_each_entry(system, &event_subsystems, list) {
 		if (strcmp(system->name, name) == 0) {
 			if (!--system->nr_events) {
-				struct event_filter *filter = system->filter;
-
 				debugfs_remove_recursive(system->entry);
 				list_del(&system->list);
-				if (filter) {
-					kfree(filter->filter_string);
-					kfree(filter);
-				}
-				kfree(system->name);
-				kfree(system);
+				__put_system(system);
 			}
 			break;
 		}