diff --git a/include/sys/trace_multilist.h b/include/sys/trace_multilist.h
index 11d2f2701..08e27a911 100644
--- a/include/sys/trace_multilist.h
+++ b/include/sys/trace_multilist.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #undef TRACE_SYSTEM
 #define	TRACE_SYSTEM zfs
 
+#undef TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR
+#define	TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR zfs_multilist
+
 #if !defined(_TRACE_MULTILIST_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
 #define	_TRACE_MULTILIST_H