diff --git a/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp b/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
index 2212e58..3bf2e19 100644
--- a/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@
 }
 
 void BLASTBufferQueue::acquireAndReleaseBuffer() {
+    BBQ_TRACE();
     BufferItem bufferItem;
     status_t status =
             mBufferItemConsumer->acquireBuffer(&bufferItem, 0 /* expectedPresent */, false);
@@ -612,6 +613,7 @@
 }
 
 void BLASTBufferQueue::flushAndWaitForFreeBuffer(std::unique_lock<std::mutex>& lock) {
+    BBQ_TRACE();
     if (!mSyncedFrameNumbers.empty() && mNumFrameAvailable > 0) {
         // We are waiting on a previous sync's transaction callback so allow another sync
         // transaction to proceed.
@@ -642,8 +644,8 @@
     bool waitForTransactionCallback = !mSyncedFrameNumbers.empty();
 
     {
-        BBQ_TRACE();
         std::unique_lock _lock{mMutex};
+        BBQ_TRACE();
         const bool syncTransactionSet = mTransactionReadyCallback != nullptr;
         BQA_LOGV("onFrameAvailable-start syncTransactionSet=%s", boolToString(syncTransactionSet));
 
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/TraceUtils.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/TraceUtils.h
index e5d2684..0009615 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/TraceUtils.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/TraceUtils.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 #define ATRACE_FORMAT_BEGIN(fmt, ...) TraceUtils::atraceFormatBegin(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
+#define ATRACE_FORMAT_INSTANT(fmt, ...) TraceUtils::intantFormat(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
 namespace android {
 
 class TraceUtils {
@@ -50,6 +52,20 @@
         ATRACE_BEGIN(buf);
     }
 
+    static void intantFormat(const char* fmt, ...) {
+        if (CC_LIKELY(!ATRACE_ENABLED())) return;
+
+        const int BUFFER_SIZE = 256;
+        va_list ap;
+        char buf[BUFFER_SIZE];
+
+        va_start(ap, fmt);
+        vsnprintf(buf, BUFFER_SIZE, fmt, ap);
+        va_end(ap);
+
+        ATRACE_INSTANT(buf);
+    }
+
 }; // class TraceUtils
 
 } /* namespace android */