diff --git a/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h b/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
index fda9e726f1cc..76887d60f0c0 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
@@ -453,6 +453,27 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(rpc_xprt_event, xprt_complete_rqst,
 	TP_PROTO(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, __be32 xid, int status),
 	TP_ARGS(xprt, xid, status));
 
+TRACE_EVENT(xprt_ping,
+	TP_PROTO(const struct rpc_xprt *xprt, int status),
+
+	TP_ARGS(xprt, status),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(int, status)
+		__string(addr, xprt->address_strings[RPC_DISPLAY_ADDR])
+		__string(port, xprt->address_strings[RPC_DISPLAY_PORT])
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->status = status;
+		__assign_str(addr, xprt->address_strings[RPC_DISPLAY_ADDR]);
+		__assign_str(port, xprt->address_strings[RPC_DISPLAY_PORT]);
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("peer=[%s]:%s status=%d",
+			__get_str(addr), __get_str(port), __entry->status)
+);
+
 TRACE_EVENT(xs_tcp_data_ready,
 	TP_PROTO(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, int err, unsigned int total),
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 079f06fe2c5d..166f8c1680d1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -2014,6 +2014,9 @@ call_transmit_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 	case -EPERM:
 		if (RPC_IS_SOFTCONN(task)) {
 			xprt_end_transmit(task);
+			if (!task->tk_msg.rpc_proc->p_proc)
+				trace_xprt_ping(task->tk_xprt,
+						task->tk_status);
 			rpc_exit(task, task->tk_status);
 			break;
 		}
@@ -2112,6 +2115,9 @@ call_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 	struct rpc_rqst	*req = task->tk_rqstp;
 	int		status;
 
+	if (!task->tk_msg.rpc_proc->p_proc)
+		trace_xprt_ping(task->tk_xprt, task->tk_status);
+
 	if (req->rq_reply_bytes_recvd > 0 && !req->rq_bytes_sent)
 		task->tk_status = req->rq_reply_bytes_recvd;