diff --git a/include/trace/events/btrfs.h b/include/trace/events/btrfs.h
index eb762cc7bec5..2364c68df76c 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/btrfs.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/btrfs.h
@@ -789,12 +789,15 @@ TRACE_EVENT(btrfs_sync_file,
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
-		const struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
-		const struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+		struct dentry *dentry = file_dentry(file);
+		struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+		struct dentry *parent = dget_parent(dentry);
+		struct inode *parent_inode = d_inode(parent);
 
-		TP_fast_assign_fsid(btrfs_sb(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb));
+		dput(parent);
+		TP_fast_assign_fsid(btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb));
 		__entry->ino		= btrfs_ino(BTRFS_I(inode));
-		__entry->parent		= btrfs_ino(BTRFS_I(d_inode(dentry->d_parent)));
+		__entry->parent		= btrfs_ino(BTRFS_I(parent_inode));
 		__entry->datasync	= datasync;
 		__entry->root_objectid	=
 				 BTRFS_I(inode)->root->root_key.objectid;