diff --git a/backends/tpm/tpm_util.c b/backends/tpm/tpm_util.c
index 1856589c3b..cf138551df 100644
--- a/backends/tpm/tpm_util.c
+++ b/backends/tpm/tpm_util.c
@@ -339,10 +339,11 @@ void tpm_util_show_buffer(const unsigned char *buffer,
     size_t len, i;
     char *line_buffer, *p;
 
-    if (!trace_event_get_state_backends(TRACE_TPM_UTIL_SHOW_BUFFER)) {
+    if (!trace_event_get_state_backends(TRACE_TPM_UTIL_SHOW_BUFFER_CONTENT)) {
         return;
     }
     len = MIN(tpm_cmd_get_size(buffer), buffer_size);
+    trace_tpm_util_show_buffer_header(string, len);
 
     /*
      * allocate enough room for 3 chars per buffer entry plus a
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ void tpm_util_show_buffer(const unsigned char *buffer,
         }
         p += sprintf(p, "%.2X ", buffer[i]);
     }
-    trace_tpm_util_show_buffer(string, len, line_buffer);
+    trace_tpm_util_show_buffer_content(line_buffer);
 
     g_free(line_buffer);
 }
diff --git a/backends/tpm/trace-events b/backends/tpm/trace-events
index 1ecef42a07..cb5cfa6510 100644
--- a/backends/tpm/trace-events
+++ b/backends/tpm/trace-events
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ tpm_util_get_buffer_size_len(uint32_t len, size_t expected) "tpm_resp->len = %u,
 tpm_util_get_buffer_size_hdr_len2(uint32_t len, size_t expected) "tpm2_resp->hdr.len = %u, expected = %zu"
 tpm_util_get_buffer_size_len2(uint32_t len, size_t expected) "tpm2_resp->len = %u, expected = %zu"
 tpm_util_get_buffer_size(size_t len) "buffersize of device: %zu"
-tpm_util_show_buffer(const char *direction, size_t len, const char *buf) "direction: %s len: %zu\n%s"
+tpm_util_show_buffer_header(const char *direction, size_t len) "direction: %s len: %zu"
+tpm_util_show_buffer_content(const char *buf) "%s"
 
 # tpm_emulator.c
 tpm_emulator_set_locality(uint8_t locty) "setting locality to %d"