diff --git a/ebpf/ebpf_rss.c b/ebpf/ebpf_rss.c
index 0c42355a93..d39916b368 100644
--- a/ebpf/ebpf_rss.c
+++ b/ebpf/ebpf_rss.c
@@ -53,21 +53,21 @@ static bool ebpf_rss_mmap(struct EBPFRSSContext *ctx)
                                    PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
                                    ctx->map_configuration, 0);
     if (ctx->mmap_configuration == MAP_FAILED) {
-        trace_ebpf_error("eBPF RSS", "can not mmap eBPF configuration array");
+        trace_ebpf_rss_mmap_error(ctx, "configuration");
         return false;
     }
     ctx->mmap_toeplitz_key = mmap(NULL, qemu_real_host_page_size(),
                                    PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
                                    ctx->map_toeplitz_key, 0);
     if (ctx->mmap_toeplitz_key == MAP_FAILED) {
-        trace_ebpf_error("eBPF RSS", "can not mmap eBPF toeplitz key");
+        trace_ebpf_rss_mmap_error(ctx, "toeplitz key");
         goto toeplitz_fail;
     }
     ctx->mmap_indirections_table = mmap(NULL, qemu_real_host_page_size(),
                                    PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
                                    ctx->map_indirections_table, 0);
     if (ctx->mmap_indirections_table == MAP_FAILED) {
-        trace_ebpf_error("eBPF RSS", "can not mmap eBPF indirection table");
+        trace_ebpf_rss_mmap_error(ctx, "indirections table");
         goto indirection_fail;
     }
 
@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@ bool ebpf_rss_load(struct EBPFRSSContext *ctx)
 
     rss_bpf_ctx = rss_bpf__open();
     if (rss_bpf_ctx == NULL) {
-        trace_ebpf_error("eBPF RSS", "can not open eBPF RSS object");
+        trace_ebpf_rss_open_error(ctx);
         goto error;
     }
 
     bpf_program__set_type(rss_bpf_ctx->progs.tun_rss_steering_prog, BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER);
 
     if (rss_bpf__load(rss_bpf_ctx)) {
-        trace_ebpf_error("eBPF RSS", "can not load RSS program");
+        trace_ebpf_rss_load_error(ctx);
         goto error;
     }
 
diff --git a/ebpf/trace-events b/ebpf/trace-events
index b3ad1a35f2..a0f157be37 100644
--- a/ebpf/trace-events
+++ b/ebpf/trace-events
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # See docs/devel/tracing.rst for syntax documentation.
 
 # ebpf-rss.c
-ebpf_error(const char *s1, const char *s2) "error in %s: %s"
+ebpf_rss_load_error(void *ctx) "ctx=%p"
+ebpf_rss_mmap_error(void *ctx, const char *object) "ctx=%p object=%s"
+ebpf_rss_open_error(void *ctx) "ctx=%p"