diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 7d9ceab42564f2dd0943cf409daee6119b96f440..3f2477713acaa9ea17ed54be7e79a4e0794d4c17 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4959,8 +4959,6 @@ static int tracing_buffers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 
-	tr->ref++;
-
 	info->iter.tr		= tr;
 	info->iter.cpu_file	= tc->cpu;
 	info->iter.trace	= tr->current_trace;