diff --git a/libcutils/trace-dev.cpp b/libcutils/trace-dev.cpp
index 2ee39d3..9ca1729 100644
--- a/libcutils/trace-dev.cpp
+++ b/libcutils/trace-dev.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 {
     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;
     } else {