diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index 519777e3fa01..1342e69542f3 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ unsigned long ring_buffer_entries_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 unsigned long ring_buffer_overrun_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 unsigned long ring_buffer_commit_overrun_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 unsigned long ring_buffer_dropped_events_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
+unsigned long ring_buffer_read_events_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 
 u64 ring_buffer_time_stamp(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 void ring_buffer_normalize_time_stamp(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 13950d9027cb..7244acde77b0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -3102,6 +3102,24 @@ ring_buffer_dropped_events_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_dropped_events_cpu);
 
+/**
+ * ring_buffer_read_events_cpu - get the number of events successfully read
+ * @buffer: The ring buffer
+ * @cpu: The per CPU buffer to get the number of events read
+ */
+unsigned long
+ring_buffer_read_events_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
+
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
+		return 0;
+
+	cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
+	return cpu_buffer->read;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_read_events_cpu);
+
 /**
  * ring_buffer_entries - get the number of entries in a buffer
  * @buffer: The ring buffer
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index d399592701aa..90a1c71fdbfc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4430,6 +4430,9 @@ tracing_stats_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 	cnt = ring_buffer_dropped_events_cpu(tr->buffer, cpu);
 	trace_seq_printf(s, "dropped events: %ld\n", cnt);
 
+	cnt = ring_buffer_read_events_cpu(tr->buffer, cpu);
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "read events: %ld\n", cnt);
+
 	count = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, count, ppos, s->buffer, s->len);
 
 	kfree(s);