diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index ac86f8b3e3cb1cf050753148c3f3d065b18e6cf9..517f211a3bd45c60f607e5da7d957bc739d55d47 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -47,17 +47,6 @@ struct wb_writeback_work {
 	struct completion *done;	/* set if the caller waits */
 };
 
-const char *wb_reason_name[] = {
-	[WB_REASON_BACKGROUND]		= "background",
-	[WB_REASON_TRY_TO_FREE_PAGES]	= "try_to_free_pages",
-	[WB_REASON_SYNC]		= "sync",
-	[WB_REASON_PERIODIC]		= "periodic",
-	[WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER]	= "laptop_timer",
-	[WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM]	= "free_more_memory",
-	[WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE]	= "fs_free_space",
-	[WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD]	= "forker_thread"
-};
-
 /*
  * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
  * wb_writeback_work structure so that the definition remains local to this
diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
index b99caa8b780c624af834caeab4130549479e3844..99d1d0decf88e41a7c0c038d463330e8351046b1 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@
 		{I_REFERENCED,		"I_REFERENCED"}		\
 	)
 
+#define WB_WORK_REASON							\
+		{WB_REASON_BACKGROUND,		"background"},		\
+		{WB_REASON_TRY_TO_FREE_PAGES,	"try_to_free_pages"},	\
+		{WB_REASON_SYNC,		"sync"},		\
+		{WB_REASON_PERIODIC,		"periodic"},		\
+		{WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER,	"laptop_timer"},	\
+		{WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM,	"free_more_memory"},	\
+		{WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE,	"fs_free_space"},	\
+		{WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD,	"forker_thread"}
+
 struct wb_writeback_work;
 
 DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(writeback_work_class,
@@ -55,7 +65,7 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(writeback_work_class,
 		  __entry->for_kupdate,
 		  __entry->range_cyclic,
 		  __entry->for_background,
-		  wb_reason_name[__entry->reason]
+		  __print_symbolic(__entry->reason, WB_WORK_REASON)
 	)
 );
 #define DEFINE_WRITEBACK_WORK_EVENT(name) \
@@ -184,7 +194,8 @@ TRACE_EVENT(writeback_queue_io,
 		__entry->older,	/* older_than_this in jiffies */
 		__entry->age,	/* older_than_this in relative milliseconds */
 		__entry->moved,
-		wb_reason_name[__entry->reason])
+		__print_symbolic(__entry->reason, WB_WORK_REASON)
+	)
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(global_dirty_state,