diff --git a/include/trace/events/power.h b/include/trace/events/power.h
index 284244ebfe8d..19e50300ce7d 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/power.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/power.h
@@ -38,6 +38,28 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(cpu, cpu_idle,
 	TP_ARGS(state, cpu_id)
 );
 
+TRACE_EVENT(powernv_throttle,
+
+	TP_PROTO(int chip_id, const char *reason, int pmax),
+
+	TP_ARGS(chip_id, reason, pmax),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(int, chip_id)
+		__string(reason, reason)
+		__field(int, pmax)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->chip_id = chip_id;
+		__assign_str(reason, reason);
+		__entry->pmax = pmax;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("Chip %d Pmax %d %s", __entry->chip_id,
+		  __entry->pmax, __get_str(reason))
+);
+
 TRACE_EVENT(pstate_sample,
 
 	TP_PROTO(u32 core_busy,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/power-traces.c b/kernel/trace/power-traces.c
index eb4220a132ec..81b87451c0ea 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/power-traces.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/power-traces.c
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@
 
 EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(suspend_resume);
 EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle);
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(powernv_throttle);