diff --git a/hw/vfio/common.c b/hw/vfio/common.c
index 5e84716218..07ffa0ba10 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/common.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/common.c
@@ -548,12 +548,11 @@ static void vfio_listener_region_add(MemoryListener *listener,
         hwaddr pgmask = (1ULL << ctz64(hostwin->iova_pgsizes)) - 1;
 
         if ((iova & pgmask) || (int128_get64(llsize) & pgmask)) {
-            error_report("Region 0x%"HWADDR_PRIx"..0x%"HWADDR_PRIx
-                         " is not aligned to 0x%"HWADDR_PRIx
-                         " and cannot be mapped for DMA",
-                         section->offset_within_region,
-                         int128_getlo(section->size),
-                         pgmask + 1);
+            trace_vfio_listener_region_add_no_dma_map(
+                memory_region_name(section->mr),
+                section->offset_within_address_space,
+                int128_getlo(section->size),
+                pgmask + 1);
             return;
         }
     }
diff --git a/hw/vfio/trace-events b/hw/vfio/trace-events
index 79f63a2ff6..20109cb758 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/trace-events
+++ b/hw/vfio/trace-events
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ vfio_iommu_map_notify(const char *op, uint64_t iova_start, uint64_t iova_end) "i
 vfio_listener_region_add_skip(uint64_t start, uint64_t end) "SKIPPING region_add 0x%"PRIx64" - 0x%"PRIx64
 vfio_listener_region_add_iommu(uint64_t start, uint64_t end) "region_add [iommu] 0x%"PRIx64" - 0x%"PRIx64
 vfio_listener_region_add_ram(uint64_t iova_start, uint64_t iova_end, void *vaddr) "region_add [ram] 0x%"PRIx64" - 0x%"PRIx64" [%p]"
+vfio_listener_region_add_no_dma_map(const char *name, uint64_t iova, uint64_t size, uint64_t page_size) "Region \"%s\" 0x%"PRIx64" size=0x%"PRIx64" is not aligned to 0x%"PRIx64" and cannot be mapped for DMA"
 vfio_listener_region_del_skip(uint64_t start, uint64_t end) "SKIPPING region_del 0x%"PRIx64" - 0x%"PRIx64
 vfio_listener_region_del(uint64_t start, uint64_t end) "region_del 0x%"PRIx64" - 0x%"PRIx64
 vfio_disconnect_container(int fd) "close container->fd=%d"