diff --git a/kmod/src/item.c b/kmod/src/item.c
index 840030ee..8f9f17c7 100644
--- a/kmod/src/item.c
+++ b/kmod/src/item.c
@@ -1819,6 +1819,8 @@ int scoutfs_item_invalidate(struct super_block *sb,
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
+	trace_scoutfs_item_invalidate_range(sb, start, end);
+
 	/* XXX think about racing with trans write */
 
 	scoutfs_inc_counter(sb, item_range_alloc);
diff --git a/kmod/src/scoutfs_trace.h b/kmod/src/scoutfs_trace.h
index 167794e4..3dc087b7 100644
--- a/kmod/src/scoutfs_trace.h
+++ b/kmod/src/scoutfs_trace.h
@@ -1478,6 +1478,12 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(scoutfs_range_class, scoutfs_item_insert_batch,
         TP_ARGS(sb, start, end)
 );
 
+DEFINE_EVENT(scoutfs_range_class, scoutfs_item_invalidate_range,
+	TP_PROTO(struct super_block *sb, struct scoutfs_key_buf *start,
+		 struct scoutfs_key_buf *end),
+        TP_ARGS(sb, start, end)
+);
+
 DEFINE_EVENT(scoutfs_range_class, scoutfs_item_shrink_range,
 	TP_PROTO(struct super_block *sb, struct scoutfs_key_buf *start,
 		 struct scoutfs_key_buf *end),