diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h
index 19475acb68ea4ace5c64b024e94438fc2009c932..c3d72066d4b1f5426b09f3fa64194f6acfee6e15 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct svc_xprt {
 	size_t			xpt_locallen;	/* length of address */
 	struct sockaddr_storage	xpt_remote;	/* remote peer's address */
 	size_t			xpt_remotelen;	/* length of address */
+	char			xpt_remotebuf[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN + 10];
 	struct rpc_wait_queue	xpt_bc_pending;	/* backchannel wait queue */
 	struct list_head	xpt_users;	/* callbacks on free */
 
@@ -152,7 +153,10 @@ static inline void svc_xprt_set_remote(struct svc_xprt *xprt,
 {
 	memcpy(&xprt->xpt_remote, sa, salen);
 	xprt->xpt_remotelen = salen;
+	snprintf(xprt->xpt_remotebuf, sizeof(xprt->xpt_remotebuf) - 1,
+		 "%pISpc", sa);
 }
+
 static inline unsigned short svc_addr_port(const struct sockaddr *sa)
 {
 	const struct sockaddr_in *sin = (const struct sockaddr_in *)sa;
diff --git a/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h b/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
index 5849bfb3ece226190fdab26346f756cd64d59b62..1ec8c4c45766aeea9917238795a7d8e2beb8f87f 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
@@ -493,20 +493,18 @@ TRACE_EVENT(svc_recv,
 		__field(u32, xid)
 		__field(int, len)
 		__field(unsigned long, flags)
-		__dynamic_array(unsigned char, addr, rqst->rq_addrlen)
+		__string(addr, rqst->rq_xprt->xpt_remotebuf)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->xid = be32_to_cpu(rqst->rq_xid);
 		__entry->len = len;
 		__entry->flags = rqst->rq_flags;
-		memcpy(__get_dynamic_array(addr),
-			&rqst->rq_addr, rqst->rq_addrlen);
+		__assign_str(addr, rqst->rq_xprt->xpt_remotebuf);
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("addr=%pIScp xid=0x%08x len=%d flags=%s",
-			(struct sockaddr *)__get_dynamic_array(addr),
-			__entry->xid, __entry->len,
+	TP_printk("addr=%s xid=0x%08x len=%d flags=%s",
+			__get_str(addr), __entry->xid, __entry->len,
 			show_rqstp_flags(__entry->flags))
 );
 
@@ -519,20 +517,18 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(svc_rqst_event,
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(u32, xid)
 		__field(unsigned long, flags)
-		__dynamic_array(unsigned char, addr, rqst->rq_addrlen)
+		__string(addr, rqst->rq_xprt->xpt_remotebuf)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->xid = be32_to_cpu(rqst->rq_xid);
 		__entry->flags = rqst->rq_flags;
-		memcpy(__get_dynamic_array(addr),
-			&rqst->rq_addr, rqst->rq_addrlen);
+		__assign_str(addr, rqst->rq_xprt->xpt_remotebuf);
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("addr=%pIScp rq_xid=0x%08x flags=%s",
-		(struct sockaddr *)__get_dynamic_array(addr),
-		__entry->xid,
-		show_rqstp_flags(__entry->flags))
+	TP_printk("addr=%s xid=0x%08x flags=%s",
+			__get_str(addr), __entry->xid,
+			show_rqstp_flags(__entry->flags))
 );
 
 DEFINE_EVENT(svc_rqst_event, svc_defer,
@@ -553,21 +549,19 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(svc_rqst_status,
 		__field(u32, xid)
 		__field(int, status)
 		__field(unsigned long, flags)
-		__dynamic_array(unsigned char, addr, rqst->rq_addrlen)
+		__string(addr, rqst->rq_xprt->xpt_remotebuf)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->xid = be32_to_cpu(rqst->rq_xid);
 		__entry->status = status;
 		__entry->flags = rqst->rq_flags;
-		memcpy(__get_dynamic_array(addr),
-			&rqst->rq_addr, rqst->rq_addrlen);
+		__assign_str(addr, rqst->rq_xprt->xpt_remotebuf);
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("addr=%pIScp rq_xid=0x%08x status=%d flags=%s",
-		(struct sockaddr *)__get_dynamic_array(addr),
-		__entry->xid,
-		__entry->status, show_rqstp_flags(__entry->flags))
+	TP_printk("addr=%s xid=0x%08x status=%d flags=%s",
+		  __get_str(addr), __entry->xid,
+		  __entry->status, show_rqstp_flags(__entry->flags))
 );
 
 DEFINE_EVENT(svc_rqst_status, svc_process,
@@ -604,26 +598,19 @@ TRACE_EVENT(svc_xprt_do_enqueue,
 		__field(struct svc_xprt *, xprt)
 		__field(int, pid)
 		__field(unsigned long, flags)
-		__dynamic_array(unsigned char, addr, xprt != NULL ?
-			xprt->xpt_remotelen : 0)
+		__string(addr, xprt->xpt_remotebuf)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->xprt = xprt;
 		__entry->pid = rqst? rqst->rq_task->pid : 0;
-		if (xprt) {
-			memcpy(__get_dynamic_array(addr),
-				&xprt->xpt_remote,
-				xprt->xpt_remotelen);
-			__entry->flags = xprt->xpt_flags;
-		} else
-			__entry->flags = 0;
+		__entry->flags = xprt->xpt_flags;
+		__assign_str(addr, xprt->xpt_remotebuf);
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("xprt=0x%p addr=%pIScp pid=%d flags=%s", __entry->xprt,
-		__get_dynamic_array_len(addr) != 0 ?
-			(struct sockaddr *)__get_dynamic_array(addr) : NULL,
-		__entry->pid, show_svc_xprt_flags(__entry->flags))
+	TP_printk("xprt=%p addr=%s pid=%d flags=%s",
+			__entry->xprt, __get_str(addr),
+			__entry->pid, show_svc_xprt_flags(__entry->flags))
 );
 
 DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(svc_xprt_event,
@@ -634,19 +621,18 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(svc_xprt_event,
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(struct svc_xprt *, xprt)
 		__field(unsigned long, flags)
-		__dynamic_array(unsigned char, addr, xprt->xpt_remotelen)
+		__string(addr, xprt->xpt_remotebuf)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->xprt = xprt;
 		__entry->flags = xprt->xpt_flags;
-		memcpy(__get_dynamic_array(addr),
-		       &xprt->xpt_remote, xprt->xpt_remotelen);
+		__assign_str(addr, xprt->xpt_remotebuf);
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("xprt=0x%p addr=%pIScp flags=%s", __entry->xprt,
-		(struct sockaddr *)__get_dynamic_array(addr),
-		show_svc_xprt_flags(__entry->flags))
+	TP_printk("xprt=%p addr=%s flags=%s",
+			__entry->xprt, __get_str(addr),
+			show_svc_xprt_flags(__entry->flags))
 );
 
 DEFINE_EVENT(svc_xprt_event, svc_xprt_dequeue,
@@ -682,25 +668,18 @@ TRACE_EVENT(svc_handle_xprt,
 		__field(struct svc_xprt *, xprt)
 		__field(int, len)
 		__field(unsigned long, flags)
-		__dynamic_array(unsigned char, addr, xprt != NULL ?
-			xprt->xpt_remotelen : 0)
+		__string(addr, xprt->xpt_remotebuf)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->xprt = xprt;
 		__entry->len = len;
-		if (xprt) {
-			memcpy(__get_dynamic_array(addr),
-					&xprt->xpt_remote,
-					xprt->xpt_remotelen);
-			__entry->flags = xprt->xpt_flags;
-		} else
-			__entry->flags = 0;
+		__entry->flags = xprt->xpt_flags;
+		__assign_str(addr, xprt->xpt_remotebuf);
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("xprt=0x%p addr=%pIScp len=%d flags=%s", __entry->xprt,
-		__get_dynamic_array_len(addr) != 0 ?
-			(struct sockaddr *)__get_dynamic_array(addr) : NULL,
+	TP_printk("xprt=%p addr=%s len=%d flags=%s",
+		__entry->xprt, __get_str(addr),
 		__entry->len, show_svc_xprt_flags(__entry->flags))
 );
 
@@ -712,18 +691,16 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(svc_deferred_event,
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(u32, xid)
-		__dynamic_array(unsigned char, addr, dr->addrlen)
+		__string(addr, dr->xprt->xpt_remotebuf)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->xid = be32_to_cpu(*(__be32 *)(dr->args +
 						       (dr->xprt_hlen>>2)));
-		memcpy(__get_dynamic_array(addr), &dr->addr, dr->addrlen);
+		__assign_str(addr, dr->xprt->xpt_remotebuf);
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("addr=%pIScp xid=0x%08x",
-		(struct sockaddr *)__get_dynamic_array(addr),
-		__entry->xid)
+	TP_printk("addr=%s xid=0x%08x", __get_str(addr), __entry->xid)
 );
 
 DEFINE_EVENT(svc_deferred_event, svc_drop_deferred,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 47384d0b1673ff4b8d827ff6ae4d34fc95a455b9..f745754a55ea3c082ed52f8b4e4e1e4e50c36780 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ void svc_xprt_init(struct net *net, struct svc_xprt_class *xcl,
 	set_bit(XPT_BUSY, &xprt->xpt_flags);
 	rpc_init_wait_queue(&xprt->xpt_bc_pending, "xpt_bc_pending");
 	xprt->xpt_net = get_net(net);
+	strcpy(xprt->xpt_remotebuf, "uninitialized");
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_xprt_init);
 
@@ -894,12 +895,12 @@ int svc_send(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 		len = xprt->xpt_ops->xpo_sendto(rqstp);
 	mutex_unlock(&xprt->xpt_mutex);
 	rpc_wake_up(&xprt->xpt_bc_pending);
+	trace_svc_send(rqstp, len);
 	svc_xprt_release(rqstp);
 
 	if (len == -ECONNREFUSED || len == -ENOTCONN || len == -EAGAIN)
 		len = 0;
 out:
-	trace_svc_send(rqstp, len);
 	return len;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index 9b6703588e3585fc0086543209092dc3c4a64ca6..4ca1d92b531ace1dd3482bad515eca5c543174e6 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -1310,6 +1310,7 @@ static void svc_tcp_init(struct svc_sock *svsk, struct svc_serv *serv)
 	set_bit(XPT_CONG_CTRL, &svsk->sk_xprt.xpt_flags);
 	if (sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN) {
 		dprintk("setting up TCP socket for listening\n");
+		strcpy(svsk->sk_xprt.xpt_remotebuf, "listener");
 		set_bit(XPT_LISTENER, &svsk->sk_xprt.xpt_flags);
 		sk->sk_data_ready = svc_tcp_listen_data_ready;
 		set_bit(XPT_CONN, &svsk->sk_xprt.xpt_flags);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index 17da06d6b8e5c055fdd66c17617571ac5c78ac63..96cc8f6597d36421f831282fcb9a4a470d7965ea 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -401,8 +401,10 @@ static struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma_create_xprt(struct svc_serv *serv,
 	 */
 	set_bit(XPT_CONG_CTRL, &cma_xprt->sc_xprt.xpt_flags);
 
-	if (listener)
+	if (listener) {
+		strcpy(cma_xprt->sc_xprt.xpt_remotebuf, "listener");
 		set_bit(XPT_LISTENER, &cma_xprt->sc_xprt.xpt_flags);
+	}
 
 	return cma_xprt;
 }