diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/trace.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/trace.h
index 187696da5ae7d5c1dc0776198aeb20daf206caf4..b558c31d409edc2ff31e9846537253283a185e6e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/trace.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/trace.h
@@ -42,6 +42,40 @@ TRACE_EVENT(irq_exit,
 	TP_printk("pt_regs=%p", __entry->regs)
 );
 
+TRACE_EVENT(timer_interrupt_entry,
+
+	TP_PROTO(struct pt_regs *regs),
+
+	TP_ARGS(regs),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(struct pt_regs *, regs)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->regs = regs;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("pt_regs=%p", __entry->regs)
+);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(timer_interrupt_exit,
+
+	TP_PROTO(struct pt_regs *regs),
+
+	TP_ARGS(regs),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(struct pt_regs *, regs)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->regs = regs;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("pt_regs=%p", __entry->regs)
+);
+
 #endif /* _TRACE_POWERPC_H */
 
 #undef TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
index 92dc844299b65ff5b7d934b14e4e110a6d956547..d6e88df4630c586ddb73e9bab7a7a6fbd246c5c8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <asm/trace.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
@@ -571,6 +572,8 @@ void timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs * regs)
 	struct clock_event_device *evt = &decrementer->event;
 	u64 now;
 
+	trace_timer_interrupt_entry(regs);
+
 	/* Ensure a positive value is written to the decrementer, or else
 	 * some CPUs will continuue to take decrementer exceptions */
 	set_dec(DECREMENTER_MAX);
@@ -590,6 +593,7 @@ void timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs * regs)
 		now = decrementer->next_tb - now;
 		if (now <= DECREMENTER_MAX)
 			set_dec((int)now);
+		trace_timer_interrupt_exit(regs);
 		return;
 	}
 	old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs);
@@ -620,6 +624,8 @@ void timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs * regs)
 
 	irq_exit();
 	set_irq_regs(old_regs);
+
+	trace_timer_interrupt_exit(regs);
 }
 
 void wakeup_decrementer(void)