diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index f164dc6..05ff9eb 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -4294,6 +4294,7 @@
      * it will be necessary to reduce the granularity of this
      * critical section.
      */
+    trace_ram_load_start();
     WITH_RCU_READ_LOCK_GUARD() {
         if (postcopy_running) {
             /*
diff --git a/migration/trace-events b/migration/trace-events
index 0638183..bb0e0cc 100644
--- a/migration/trace-events
+++ b/migration/trace-events
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
 save_xbzrle_page_skipping(void) ""
 save_xbzrle_page_overflow(void) ""
 ram_save_iterate_big_wait(uint64_t milliconds, int iterations) "big wait: %" PRIu64 " milliseconds, %d iterations"
+ram_load_start(void) ""
 ram_load_complete(int ret, uint64_t seq_iter) "exit_code %d seq iteration %" PRIu64
 ram_write_tracking_ramblock_start(const char *block_id, size_t page_size, void *addr, size_t length) "%s: page_size: %zu addr: %p length: %zu"
 ram_write_tracking_ramblock_stop(const char *block_id, size_t page_size, void *addr, size_t length) "%s: page_size: %zu addr: %p length: %zu"