diff --git a/include/trace/events/vmscan.h b/include/trace/events/vmscan.h
index 4445a8d9218d..b4bf7b8def1f 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/vmscan.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/vmscan.h
@@ -96,6 +96,58 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_kswapd_wake,
 		__entry->order)
 );
 
+TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_balance_pgdat_begin,
+
+	TP_PROTO(int nid, int order, int highest_zoneidx),
+
+	TP_ARGS(nid, order, highest_zoneidx),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(int, nid)
+		__field(int, order)
+		__field(int, highest_zoneidx)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->nid = nid;
+		__entry->order = order;
+		__entry->highest_zoneidx = highest_zoneidx;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("nid=%d order=%d highest_zoneidx=%-8s",
+		__entry->nid,
+		__entry->order,
+		__print_symbolic(__entry->highest_zoneidx, ZONE_TYPE))
+);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_balance_pgdat_end,
+
+	TP_PROTO(int nid, int order, int highest_zoneidx,
+		 unsigned long nr_reclaimed),
+
+	TP_ARGS(nid, order, highest_zoneidx, nr_reclaimed),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(int, nid)
+		__field(int, order)
+		__field(int, highest_zoneidx)
+		__field(unsigned long, nr_reclaimed)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->nid = nid;
+		__entry->order = order;
+		__entry->highest_zoneidx = highest_zoneidx;
+		__entry->nr_reclaimed = nr_reclaimed;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("nid=%d order=%d highest_zoneidx=%-8s nr_reclaimed=%lu",
+		__entry->nid,
+		__entry->order,
+		__print_symbolic(__entry->highest_zoneidx, ZONE_TYPE),
+		__entry->nr_reclaimed)
+);
+
 TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_wakeup_kswapd,
 
 	TP_PROTO(int nid, int zid, int order, gfp_t gfp_flags),
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index bd1b1aa12581..b2d89ed69d22 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -7121,6 +7121,8 @@ static int balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int highest_zoneidx)
 		.may_unmap = 1,
 	};
 
+	trace_mm_vmscan_balance_pgdat_begin(pgdat->node_id, order,
+					    highest_zoneidx);
 	set_task_reclaim_state(current, &sc.reclaim_state);
 	psi_memstall_enter(&pflags);
 	__fs_reclaim_acquire(_THIS_IP_);
@@ -7314,6 +7316,9 @@ static int balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int highest_zoneidx)
 	psi_memstall_leave(&pflags);
 	set_task_reclaim_state(current, NULL);
 
+	trace_mm_vmscan_balance_pgdat_end(pgdat->node_id, sc.order,
+					  highest_zoneidx, sc.nr_reclaimed);
+
 	/*
 	 * Return the order kswapd stopped reclaiming at as
 	 * prepare_kswapd_sleep() takes it into account. If another caller