diff --git a/include/trace/events/memory-failure.h b/include/trace/events/memory-failure.h
index aa57cc8f896b..7a8ee5d1a44e 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/memory-failure.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/memory-failure.h
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #undef TRACE_SYSTEM
-#define TRACE_SYSTEM memory_failure
+/*
+ * For historical versions, memory_failure_event is in ras subsystem,
+ * some user programs depend on it.
+ */
+#define TRACE_SYSTEM ras
 #define TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE memory-failure
 
 #if !defined(_TRACE_MEMORY_FAILURE_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)