diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py b/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
index 175df08..a0579a8 100644
--- a/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
@@ -173,6 +173,14 @@ class Event(object):
                                           self.args,
                                           self.fmt)
 
+
+    QEMU_TRACE              = "trace_%(name)s"
+
+    def api(self, fmt = None):
+        if fmt is None:
+            fmt = Event.QEMU_TRACE
+        return fmt % { "name" : self.name }
+
 def _read_events(fobj):
     res = []
     for line in fobj:
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/backend/dtrace.py b/scripts/tracetool/backend/dtrace.py
index e31bc79..5fad33e 100644
--- a/scripts/tracetool/backend/dtrace.py
+++ b/scripts/tracetool/backend/dtrace.py
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ def h(events):
         '')
 
     for e in events:
-        out('static inline void trace_%(name)s(%(args)s) {',
+        out('static inline void %(api)s(%(args)s) {',
             '    QEMU_%(uppername)s(%(argnames)s);',
             '}',
-            name = e.name,
+            api = e.api(),
             args = e.args,
             uppername = e.name.upper(),
             argnames = ", ".join(e.args.names()),
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/backend/simple.py b/scripts/tracetool/backend/simple.py
index 30faac9..279551a 100644
--- a/scripts/tracetool/backend/simple.py
+++ b/scripts/tracetool/backend/simple.py
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ def c(events):
         )
 
     for num, event in enumerate(events):
-        out('void trace_%(name)s(%(args)s)',
+        out('void %(api)s(%(args)s)',
             '{',
             '    TraceBufferRecord rec;',
-            name = event.name,
+            api = event.api(),
             args = event.args,
             )
         sizes = []
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def c(events):
 
 def h(events):
     for event in events:
-        out('void trace_%(name)s(%(args)s);',
-            name = event.name,
+        out('void %(api)s(%(args)s);',
+            api = event.api(),
             args = event.args,
             )
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/backend/stderr.py b/scripts/tracetool/backend/stderr.py
index 6f93dbd..70cb27d 100644
--- a/scripts/tracetool/backend/stderr.py
+++ b/scripts/tracetool/backend/stderr.py
@@ -33,13 +33,14 @@ def h(events):
         if len(e.args) > 0:
             argnames = ", " + argnames
 
-        out('static inline void trace_%(name)s(%(args)s)',
+        out('static inline void %(api)s(%(args)s)',
             '{',
             '    bool _state = trace_event_get_state(%(event_id)s);',
             '    if (_state) {',
             '        fprintf(stderr, "%(name)s " %(fmt)s "\\n" %(argnames)s);',
             '    }',
             '}',
+            api = e.api(),
             name = e.name,
             args = e.args,
             event_id = "TRACE_" + e.name.upper(),
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/backend/ust.py b/scripts/tracetool/backend/ust.py
index ea36995..e9a49b4 100644
--- a/scripts/tracetool/backend/ust.py
+++ b/scripts/tracetool/backend/ust.py
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ def h(events):
     for e in events:
         if len(e.args) > 0:
             out('DECLARE_TRACE(ust_%(name)s, TP_PROTO(%(args)s), TP_ARGS(%(argnames)s));',
-                '#define trace_%(name)s trace_ust_%(name)s',
+                '#define %(api)s trace_ust_%(name)s',
+                api = e.api(),
                 name = e.name,
                 args = e.args,
                 argnames = ", ".join(e.args.names()),
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ def h(events):
 
         else:
             out('_DECLARE_TRACEPOINT_NOARGS(ust_%(name)s);',
-                '#define trace_%(name)s trace_ust_%(name)s',
+                '#define %(api)s trace_ust_%(name)s',
+                api = e.api(),
                 name = e.name,
                 )
 
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/format/h.py b/scripts/tracetool/format/h.py
index 93132fc..575d2f1 100644
--- a/scripts/tracetool/format/h.py
+++ b/scripts/tracetool/format/h.py
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ def end(events):
 def nop(events):
     for e in events:
         out('',
-            'static inline void trace_%(name)s(%(args)s)',
+            'static inline void %(api)s(%(args)s)',
             '{',
             '}',
-            name = e.name,
+            api = e.api(),
             args = e.args,
             )
