diff --git a/include/trace/events/oom.h b/include/trace/events/oom.h
index 1e974983757e..9160da7a26a0 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/oom.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/oom.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #if !defined(_TRACE_OOM_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
 #define _TRACE_OOM_H
 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
+#include <trace/events/mmflags.h>
 
 TRACE_EVENT(oom_score_adj_update,
 
@@ -27,6 +28,47 @@ TRACE_EVENT(oom_score_adj_update,
 		__entry->pid, __entry->comm, __entry->oom_score_adj)
 );
 
+TRACE_EVENT(reclaim_retry_zone,
+
+	TP_PROTO(struct zoneref *zoneref,
+		int order,
+		unsigned long reclaimable,
+		unsigned long available,
+		unsigned long min_wmark,
+		int no_progress_loops,
+		bool wmark_check),
+
+	TP_ARGS(zoneref, order, reclaimable, available, min_wmark, no_progress_loops, wmark_check),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(	int, node)
+		__field(	int, zone_idx)
+		__field(	int,	order)
+		__field(	unsigned long,	reclaimable)
+		__field(	unsigned long,	available)
+		__field(	unsigned long,	min_wmark)
+		__field(	int,	no_progress_loops)
+		__field(	bool,	wmark_check)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->node = zone_to_nid(zoneref->zone);
+		__entry->zone_idx = zoneref->zone_idx;
+		__entry->order = order;
+		__entry->reclaimable = reclaimable;
+		__entry->available = available;
+		__entry->min_wmark = min_wmark;
+		__entry->no_progress_loops = no_progress_loops;
+		__entry->wmark_check = wmark_check;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("node=%d zone=%-8s order=%d reclaimable=%lu available=%lu min_wmark=%lu no_progress_loops=%d wmark_check=%d",
+			__entry->node, __print_symbolic(__entry->zone_idx, ZONE_TYPE),
+			__entry->order,
+			__entry->reclaimable, __entry->available, __entry->min_wmark,
+			__entry->no_progress_loops,
+			__entry->wmark_check)
+);
 #endif
 
 /* This part must be outside protection */
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index af65c4eedc79..d20f8c3139bb 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include <linux/compaction.h>
 #include <trace/events/kmem.h>
+#include <trace/events/oom.h>
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
 #include <linux/migrate.h>
@@ -3468,6 +3469,8 @@ should_reclaim_retry(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned order,
 					ac->nodemask) {
 		unsigned long available;
 		unsigned long reclaimable;
+		unsigned long min_wmark = min_wmark_pages(zone);
+		bool wmark;
 
 		available = reclaimable = zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
 		available -= DIV_ROUND_UP((*no_progress_loops) * available,
@@ -3478,8 +3481,11 @@ should_reclaim_retry(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned order,
 		 * Would the allocation succeed if we reclaimed the whole
 		 * available?
 		 */
-		if (__zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, min_wmark_pages(zone),
-				ac_classzone_idx(ac), alloc_flags, available)) {
+		wmark = __zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, min_wmark,
+				ac_classzone_idx(ac), alloc_flags, available);
+		trace_reclaim_retry_zone(z, order, reclaimable,
+				available, min_wmark, *no_progress_loops, wmark);
+		if (wmark) {
 			/*
 			 * If we didn't make any progress and have a lot of
 			 * dirty + writeback pages then we should wait for