diff --git a/include/trace/events/compaction.h b/include/trace/events/compaction.h
index 1275a555199af293be6b0e246fe367cc8471e118..a43000d766884baffa970b95826f0daea4e2944b 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/compaction.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/compaction.h
@@ -18,6 +18,31 @@
 	EM( COMPACT_NO_SUITABLE_PAGE,	"no_suitable_page")	\
 	EMe(COMPACT_NOT_SUITABLE_ZONE,	"not_suitable_zone")
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
+#define IFDEF_ZONE_DMA(X) X
+#else
+#define IFDEF_ZONE_DMA(X)
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32
+#define IFDEF_ZONE_DMA32(X) X
+#else
+#define IFDEF_ZONE_DMA32(X)
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
+#define IFDEF_ZONE_HIGHMEM(X) X
+#else
+#define IFDEF_ZONE_HIGHMEM(X)
+#endif
+
+#define ZONE_TYPE						\
+	IFDEF_ZONE_DMA(		EM (ZONE_DMA,	 "DMA"))	\
+	IFDEF_ZONE_DMA32(	EM (ZONE_DMA32,	 "DMA32"))	\
+				EM (ZONE_NORMAL, "Normal")	\
+	IFDEF_ZONE_HIGHMEM(	EM (ZONE_HIGHMEM,"HighMem"))	\
+				EMe(ZONE_MOVABLE,"Movable")
+
 /*
  * First define the enums in the above macros to be exported to userspace
  * via TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM().
@@ -28,6 +53,7 @@
 #define EMe(a, b)	TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(a);
 
 COMPACTION_STATUS
+ZONE_TYPE
 
 /*
  * Now redefine the EM() and EMe() macros to map the enums to the strings
@@ -230,21 +256,21 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(mm_compaction_suitable_template,
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(int, nid)
-		__field(char *, name)
+		__field(enum zone_type, idx)
 		__field(int, order)
 		__field(int, ret)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->nid = zone_to_nid(zone);
-		__entry->name = (char *)zone->name;
+		__entry->idx = zone_idx(zone);
 		__entry->order = order;
 		__entry->ret = ret;
 	),
 
 	TP_printk("node=%d zone=%-8s order=%d ret=%s",
 		__entry->nid,
-		__entry->name,
+		__print_symbolic(__entry->idx, ZONE_TYPE),
 		__entry->order,
 		__print_symbolic(__entry->ret, COMPACTION_STATUS))
 );
@@ -276,7 +302,7 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(mm_compaction_defer_template,
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(int, nid)
-		__field(char *, name)
+		__field(enum zone_type, idx)
 		__field(int, order)
 		__field(unsigned int, considered)
 		__field(unsigned int, defer_shift)
@@ -285,7 +311,7 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(mm_compaction_defer_template,
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->nid = zone_to_nid(zone);
-		__entry->name = (char *)zone->name;
+		__entry->idx = zone_idx(zone);
 		__entry->order = order;
 		__entry->considered = zone->compact_considered;
 		__entry->defer_shift = zone->compact_defer_shift;
@@ -294,7 +320,7 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(mm_compaction_defer_template,
 
 	TP_printk("node=%d zone=%-8s order=%d order_failed=%d consider=%u limit=%lu",
 		__entry->nid,
-		__entry->name,
+		__print_symbolic(__entry->idx, ZONE_TYPE),
 		__entry->order,
 		__entry->order_failed,
 		__entry->considered,