diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index 1ccd100bc565..9f19b6608954 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-		return (struct eventfs_inode *)dentry;
+		return ERR_CAST(dentry);
 
 	ei = kzalloc(sizeof(*ei), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ei)