diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index 757005458366edc2ae54939f2798d35709f48602..34ae464effff1441046fe7214270d87ee6d59613 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -153,4 +153,7 @@ static inline void tracepoint_synchronize_unregister(void)
 	synchronize_sched();
 }
 
+#define DEFINE_TRACE_FMT(name, proto, args, fmt)		\
+	DECLARE_TRACE(name, TPPROTO(proto), TPARGS(args))
+
 #endif