diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/trace.h b/drivers/cxl/core/trace.h
index bdf117a33744..e5f13260fc52 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/trace.h
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/trace.h
@@ -646,18 +646,18 @@ u64 cxl_trace_hpa(struct cxl_region *cxlr, struct cxl_memdev *memdev, u64 dpa);
 
 TRACE_EVENT(cxl_poison,
 
-	TP_PROTO(struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd, struct cxl_region *region,
+	TP_PROTO(struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd, struct cxl_region *cxlr,
 		 const struct cxl_poison_record *record, u8 flags,
 		 __le64 overflow_ts, enum cxl_poison_trace_type trace_type),
 
-	TP_ARGS(cxlmd, region, record, flags, overflow_ts, trace_type),
+	TP_ARGS(cxlmd, cxlr, record, flags, overflow_ts, trace_type),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__string(memdev, dev_name(&cxlmd->dev))
 		__string(host, dev_name(cxlmd->dev.parent))
 		__field(u64, serial)
 		__field(u8, trace_type)
-		__string(region, region)
+		__string(region, cxlr ? dev_name(&cxlr->dev) : "")
 		__field(u64, overflow_ts)
 		__field(u64, hpa)
 		__field(u64, dpa)
@@ -677,10 +677,10 @@ TRACE_EVENT(cxl_poison,
 		__entry->source = cxl_poison_record_source(record);
 		__entry->trace_type = trace_type;
 		__entry->flags = flags;
-		if (region) {
-			__assign_str(region, dev_name(&region->dev));
-			memcpy(__entry->uuid, &region->params.uuid, 16);
-			__entry->hpa = cxl_trace_hpa(region, cxlmd,
+		if (cxlr) {
+			__assign_str(region, dev_name(&cxlr->dev));
+			memcpy(__entry->uuid, &cxlr->params.uuid, 16);
+			__entry->hpa = cxl_trace_hpa(cxlr, cxlmd,
 						     __entry->dpa);
 		} else {
 			__assign_str(region, "");