diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
index 4e4cc28623ad..a91ab93d7250 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ void trace_current_buffer_discard_commit(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 
 void tracing_record_cmdline(struct task_struct *tsk);
 
+int ftrace_output_call(struct trace_iterator *iter, char *name, char *fmt, ...);
+
 struct event_filter;
 
 enum trace_reg {
@@ -197,6 +199,9 @@ struct ftrace_event_class {
 extern int ftrace_event_reg(struct ftrace_event_call *event,
 			    enum trace_reg type, void *data);
 
+int ftrace_output_event(struct trace_iterator *iter, struct ftrace_event_call *event,
+			char *fmt, ...);
+
 enum {
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_FILTERED_BIT,
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_CAP_ANY_BIT,
diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h
index 1a8b28db3775..3873d6e4697f 100644
--- a/include/trace/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h
@@ -265,11 +265,9 @@ static notrace enum print_line_t					\
 ftrace_raw_output_##call(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,	\
 			 struct trace_event *event)			\
 {									\
-	struct trace_seq *s = &iter->seq;				\
 	struct ftrace_raw_##template *field;				\
 	struct trace_entry *entry;					\
 	struct trace_seq *p = &iter->tmp_seq;				\
-	int ret;							\
 									\
 	entry = iter->ent;						\
 									\
@@ -281,13 +279,7 @@ ftrace_raw_output_##call(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,	\
 	field = (typeof(field))entry;					\
 									\
 	trace_seq_init(p);						\
-	ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "%s: ", #call);			\
-	if (ret)							\
-		ret = trace_seq_printf(s, print);			\
-	if (!ret)							\
-		return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;				\
-									\
-	return TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED;					\
+	return ftrace_output_call(iter, #call, print);			\
 }									\
 static struct trace_event_functions ftrace_event_type_funcs_##call = {	\
 	.trace			= ftrace_raw_output_##call,		\
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index ed32284fbe32..ca0e79e2abaa 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -439,6 +439,37 @@ int ftrace_raw_output_prep(struct trace_iterator *iter,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ftrace_raw_output_prep);
 
+static int ftrace_output_raw(struct trace_iterator *iter, char *name,
+			     char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	struct trace_seq *s = &iter->seq;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "%s: ", name);
+	if (!ret)
+		return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
+
+	ret = trace_seq_vprintf(s, fmt, ap);
+
+	if (!ret)
+		return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
+
+	return TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED;
+}
+
+int ftrace_output_call(struct trace_iterator *iter, char *name, char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	int ret;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	ret = ftrace_output_raw(iter, name, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ftrace_output_call);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_KRETPROBES
 static inline const char *kretprobed(const char *name)
 {