diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfstrace.h b/fs/nfs/nfstrace.h
index 093290c42d7c..c6dbd48896a1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfstrace.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfstrace.h
@@ -796,15 +796,15 @@ TRACE_EVENT(nfs_readpage_done,
 		)
 );
 
-/*
- * XXX: I tried using NFS_UNSTABLE and friends in this table, but they
- * all evaluate to 0 for some reason, even if I include linux/nfs.h.
- */
+TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(NFS_UNSTABLE);
+TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(NFS_DATA_SYNC);
+TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(NFS_FILE_SYNC);
+
 #define nfs_show_stable(stable) \
 	__print_symbolic(stable, \
-			{ 0, " (UNSTABLE)" }, \
-			{ 1, " (DATA_SYNC)" }, \
-			{ 2, " (FILE_SYNC)" })
+			{ NFS_UNSTABLE, "UNSTABLE" }, \
+			{ NFS_DATA_SYNC, "DATA_SYNC" }, \
+			{ NFS_FILE_SYNC, "FILE_SYNC" })
 
 TRACE_EVENT(nfs_initiate_write,
 		TP_PROTO(
@@ -837,12 +837,12 @@ TRACE_EVENT(nfs_initiate_write,
 
 		TP_printk(
 			"fileid=%02x:%02x:%llu fhandle=0x%08x "
-			"offset=%lld count=%lu stable=%d%s",
+			"offset=%lld count=%lu stable=%s",
 			MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
 			(unsigned long long)__entry->fileid,
 			__entry->fhandle,
 			__entry->offset, __entry->count,
-			__entry->stable, nfs_show_stable(__entry->stable)
+			nfs_show_stable(__entry->stable)
 		)
 );
 
@@ -881,13 +881,13 @@ TRACE_EVENT(nfs_writeback_done,
 
 		TP_printk(
 			"fileid=%02x:%02x:%llu fhandle=0x%08x "
-			"offset=%lld status=%d stable=%d%s "
+			"offset=%lld status=%d stable=%s "
 			"verifier 0x%016llx",
 			MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
 			(unsigned long long)__entry->fileid,
 			__entry->fhandle,
 			__entry->offset, __entry->status,
-			__entry->stable, nfs_show_stable(__entry->stable),
+			nfs_show_stable(__entry->stable),
 			__entry->verifier
 		)
 );