diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-buffer.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-buffer.c
index 6c339e813..211c85ff0 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-buffer.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-buffer.c
@@ -530,6 +530,8 @@ meta_wayland_buffer_attach (MetaWaylandBuffer  *buffer,
 {
   g_return_val_if_fail (buffer->resource, FALSE);
 
+  COGL_TRACE_BEGIN_SCOPED (MetaWaylandBufferAttach, "WaylandBuffer (attach)");
+
   if (!meta_wayland_buffer_is_realized (buffer))
     {
       /* The buffer should have been realized at surface commit time */