diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/scripts/bconf2ftrace.sh b/tools/bootconfig/scripts/bconf2ftrace.sh
index 595e164dc352..feb30c2c7881 100755
--- a/tools/bootconfig/scripts/bconf2ftrace.sh
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/scripts/bconf2ftrace.sh
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ setup_instance() { # [instance]
 	set_array_of ${instance}.options ${instancedir}/trace_options
 	set_value_of ${instance}.trace_clock ${instancedir}/trace_clock
 	set_value_of ${instance}.cpumask ${instancedir}/tracing_cpumask
+	set_value_of ${instance}.tracing_on ${instancedir}/tracing_on
 	set_value_of ${instance}.tracer ${instancedir}/current_tracer
 	set_array_of ${instance}.ftrace.filters \
 		${instancedir}/set_ftrace_filter
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/scripts/ftrace2bconf.sh b/tools/bootconfig/scripts/ftrace2bconf.sh
index 6c0d4b61e0c2..a0c3bcc6da4f 100755
--- a/tools/bootconfig/scripts/ftrace2bconf.sh
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/scripts/ftrace2bconf.sh
@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ instance_options() { # [instance-name]
 	if [ `echo $val | sed -e s/f//g`x != x ]; then
 		emit_kv $PREFIX.cpumask = $val
 	fi
+	val=`cat $INSTANCE/tracing_on`
+	if [ `echo $val | sed -e s/f//g`x != x ]; then
+		emit_kv $PREFIX.tracing_on = $val
+	fi
 
 	val=
 	for i in `cat $INSTANCE/set_event`; do