diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index e726b6d464951b..e83b69346d2342 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define HIGHMEM_ZONE(xx)
 #endif
 
+
 #define FOR_ALL_ZONES(xx) DMA_ZONE(xx) DMA32_ZONE(xx) xx##_NORMAL HIGHMEM_ZONE(xx) , xx##_MOVABLE
 
 enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT, PSWPIN, PSWPOUT,
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT, PSWPIN, PSWPOUT,
 		FOR_ALL_ZONES(PGSCAN_DIRECT),
 		PGINODESTEAL, SLABS_SCANNED, KSWAPD_STEAL, KSWAPD_INODESTEAL,
 		PAGEOUTRUN, ALLOCSTALL, PGROTATED,
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
+		HTLB_BUDDY_PGALLOC, HTLB_BUDDY_PGALLOC_FAIL,
+#endif
 		NR_VM_EVENT_ITEMS
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 93ea46a0fba460..8deae4eb9696f3 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ static int alloc_fresh_huge_page(void)
 		hugetlb_next_nid = next_nid;
 	} while (!page && hugetlb_next_nid != start_nid);
 
+	if (ret)
+		count_vm_event(HTLB_BUDDY_PGALLOC);
+	else
+		count_vm_event(HTLB_BUDDY_PGALLOC_FAIL);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -302,9 +307,11 @@ static struct page *alloc_buddy_huge_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		 */
 		nr_huge_pages_node[nid]++;
 		surplus_huge_pages_node[nid]++;
+		__count_vm_event(HTLB_BUDDY_PGALLOC);
 	} else {
 		nr_huge_pages--;
 		surplus_huge_pages--;
+		__count_vm_event(HTLB_BUDDY_PGALLOC_FAIL);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
 
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 879bcc0a1d4c77..4c21670f8d91de 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -645,6 +645,10 @@ static const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	"allocstall",
 
 	"pgrotated",
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
+	"htlb_buddy_alloc_success",
+	"htlb_buddy_alloc_fail",
+#endif
 #endif
 };