diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
index 3616839c5c4b6..f2625a372a3ae 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ static int tracefs_parse_options(char *data, struct tracefs_mount_opts *opts)
 			if (!gid_valid(gid))
 				return -EINVAL;
 			opts->gid = gid;
-			set_gid(tracefs_mount->mnt_root, gid);
 			break;
 		case Opt_mode:
 			if (match_octal(&args[0], &option))
@@ -291,7 +290,9 @@ static int tracefs_apply_options(struct super_block *sb)
 	inode->i_mode |= opts->mode;
 
 	inode->i_uid = opts->uid;
-	inode->i_gid = opts->gid;
+
+	/* Set all the group ids to the mount option */
+	set_gid(sb->s_root, opts->gid);
 
 	return 0;
 }