diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c
index 0d9eb3183..cffac3804 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c
@@ -1470,6 +1470,8 @@ void gk20a_channel_update(struct channel_gk20a *c, int nr_completed)
 	struct vm_gk20a *vm = c->vm;
 	struct channel_gk20a_job *job, *n;
 
+	trace_gk20a_channel_update(c);
+
 	wake_up(&c->submit_wq);
 
 	mutex_lock(&c->submit_lock);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/gk20a.h b/include/trace/events/gk20a.h
index 84a525bd9..4b3f94e72 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/gk20a.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/gk20a.h
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(gk20a, gk20a_finalize_poweron_done,
 	TP_ARGS(name)
 );
 
+TRACE_EVENT(gk20a_channel_update,
+	TP_PROTO(const void *channel),
+	TP_ARGS(channel),
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(__field(const void *, channel)),
+	TP_fast_assign(__entry->channel = channel;),
+	TP_printk("channel=%p", __entry->channel)
+);
+
 TRACE_EVENT(gk20a_push_cmdbuf,
 	TP_PROTO(const char *name, u32 mem_id,
 			u32 words, u32 offset, void *cmdbuf),