diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 9f118771e248..0bcf98098c5a 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 struct net;
 
+void do_trace_netlink_extack(const char *msg);
+
 static inline struct nlmsghdr *nlmsg_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	return (struct nlmsghdr *)skb->data;
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ struct netlink_ext_ack {
 	static const char __msg[] = msg;		\
 	struct netlink_ext_ack *__extack = (extack);	\
 							\
+	do_trace_netlink_extack(__msg);			\
+							\
 	if (__extack)					\
 		__extack->_msg = __msg;			\
 } while (0)
@@ -110,6 +114,8 @@ struct netlink_ext_ack {
 	static const char __msg[] = msg;			\
 	struct netlink_ext_ack *__extack = (extack);		\
 								\
+	do_trace_netlink_extack(__msg);				\
+								\
 	if (__extack) {						\
 		__extack->_msg = __msg;				\
 		__extack->bad_attr = (attr);			\
diff --git a/include/trace/events/netlink.h b/include/trace/events/netlink.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b7be3b386a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/trace/events/netlink.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#undef TRACE_SYSTEM
+#define TRACE_SYSTEM netlink
+
+#if !defined(_TRACE_NETLINK_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
+#define _TRACE_NETLINK_H
+
+#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
+
+TRACE_EVENT(netlink_extack,
+
+	TP_PROTO(const char *msg),
+
+	TP_ARGS(msg),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__string(	msg,	msg	)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__assign_str(msg, msg);
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("msg=%s", __get_str(msg))
+);
+
+#endif /* _TRACE_NETLINK_H */
+
+/* This part must be outside protection */
+#include <trace/define_trace.h>
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index daca50d6bb12..dd488938447f 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/scm.h>
 #include <net/netlink.h>
+#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
+#include <trace/events/netlink.h>
 
 #include "af_netlink.h"
 
@@ -147,6 +149,12 @@ static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(netlink_chain);
 
 static const struct rhashtable_params netlink_rhashtable_params;
 
+void do_trace_netlink_extack(const char *msg)
+{
+	trace_netlink_extack(msg);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_trace_netlink_extack);
+
 static inline u32 netlink_group_mask(u32 group)
 {
 	return group ? 1 << (group - 1) : 0;