diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
index 5fabee5b84ac..f1767456f3e0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
+#include <soc/qcom/boot_stats.h>
 
 #include "kgsl_compat.h"
 #include "kgsl_debugfs.h"
@@ -4497,6 +4498,8 @@ int __init kgsl_core_init(void)
 	int result = 0;
 	struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 2 };
 
+	place_marker("M - DRIVER KGSL Init");
+
 	/* alloc major and minor device numbers */
 	result = alloc_chrdev_region(&kgsl_driver.major, 0,
 		ARRAY_SIZE(kgsl_driver.devp), "kgsl");
@@ -4599,6 +4602,8 @@ int __init kgsl_core_init(void)
 	memfree.list = kcalloc(MEMFREE_ENTRIES, sizeof(struct memfree_entry),
 		GFP_KERNEL);
 
+	place_marker("M - DRIVER KGSL Ready");
+
 	return 0;
 
 err: