diff --git a/libcutils/trace-dev.cpp b/libcutils/trace-dev.cpp
index 2ee39d328..9ca172973 100644
--- a/libcutils/trace-dev.cpp
+++ b/libcutils/trace-dev.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ void atrace_set_tracing_enabled(bool enabled)
 static void atrace_init_once()
 {
     atrace_marker_fd = open("/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_marker", O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+    if (atrace_marker_fd == -1) {
+        atrace_marker_fd = open("/sys/kernel/tracing/trace_marker", O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+    }
+
     if (atrace_marker_fd == -1) {
         ALOGE("Error opening trace file: %s (%d)", strerror(errno), errno);
         atrace_enabled_tags = 0;