diff --git a/include/trace/irq_event_types.h b/include/trace/irq_event_types.h
index 214bb928fe9e6d887131c35baef531a3e9a5352c..85964ebd47ec5f63cda19ce7eba5006657d70e31 100644
--- a/include/trace/irq_event_types.h
+++ b/include/trace/irq_event_types.h
@@ -40,4 +40,16 @@ TRACE_EVENT(irq_handler_exit,
 		  __entry->irq, __entry->ret ? "handled" : "unhandled")
 );
 
+TRACE_FORMAT(softirq_entry,
+	TP_PROTO(struct softirq_action *h, struct softirq_action *vec),
+	TP_ARGS(h, vec),
+	TP_FMT("softirq=%d action=%s", (int)(h - vec), softirq_to_name[h-vec])
+	);
+
+TRACE_FORMAT(softirq_exit,
+	TP_PROTO(struct softirq_action *h, struct softirq_action *vec),
+	TP_ARGS(h, vec),
+	TP_FMT("softirq=%d action=%s", (int)(h - vec), softirq_to_name[h-vec])
+	);
+
 #undef TRACE_SYSTEM
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 9f90fdc039f4af36f0853de4eecca2014f08cde8..a5e81231ca7acd3a9dba0937cddd1dd2669837d6 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/tick.h>
+#include <trace/irq.h>
 
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 /*
@@ -186,6 +187,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(local_bh_enable_ip);
  */
 #define MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART 10
 
+DEFINE_TRACE(softirq_entry);
+DEFINE_TRACE(softirq_exit);
+
 asmlinkage void __do_softirq(void)
 {
 	struct softirq_action *h;
@@ -212,8 +216,9 @@ asmlinkage void __do_softirq(void)
 		if (pending & 1) {
 			int prev_count = preempt_count();
 
+			trace_softirq_entry(h, softirq_vec);
 			h->action(h);
-
+			trace_softirq_exit(h, softirq_vec);
 			if (unlikely(prev_count != preempt_count())) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR "huh, entered softirq %td %s %p"
 				       "with preempt_count %08x,"