diff --git a/lib/trace/trace_rpc.c b/lib/trace/trace_rpc.c
index 9a2f02dcd..09a57f08a 100644
--- a/lib/trace/trace_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/trace/trace_rpc.c
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_tpoint_group_decoders[] = {
 };
 
 static void
-spdk_rpc_enable_tpoint_group(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
-			     const struct spdk_json_val *params)
+spdk_rpc_trace_enable_tpoint_group(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
+				   const struct spdk_json_val *params)
 {
 	struct rpc_tpoint_group req = {};
 	struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w;
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ invalid:
 	spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS, "Invalid parameters");
 	free_rpc_tpoint_group(&req);
 }
-SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("enable_tpoint_group", spdk_rpc_enable_tpoint_group,
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("trace_enable_tpoint_group", spdk_rpc_trace_enable_tpoint_group,
 		  SPDK_RPC_STARTUP | SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER_ALIAS_DEPRECATED(trace_enable_tpoint_group, enable_tpoint_group)
 
 static void
 spdk_rpc_disable_tpoint_group(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index bec60d359..2e3e54096 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -1147,14 +1147,15 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
     p.set_defaults(func=get_scsi_devices)
 
     # trace
-    def enable_tpoint_group(args):
-        rpc.trace.enable_tpoint_group(args.client, name=args.name)
+    def trace_enable_tpoint_group(args):
+        rpc.trace.trace_enable_tpoint_group(args.client, name=args.name)
 
-    p = subparsers.add_parser('enable_tpoint_group', help='enable trace on a specific tpoint group')
+    p = subparsers.add_parser('trace_enable_tpoint_group', aliases=['enable_tpoint_group'],
+                              help='enable trace on a specific tpoint group')
     p.add_argument(
         'name', help="""trace group name we want to enable in tpoint_group_mask.
         (for example "bdev" for bdev trace group, "all" for all trace groups).""")
-    p.set_defaults(func=enable_tpoint_group)
+    p.set_defaults(func=trace_enable_tpoint_group)
 
     def disable_tpoint_group(args):
         rpc.trace.disable_tpoint_group(args.client, name=args.name)
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/trace.py b/scripts/rpc/trace.py
index 879b32428..f53ebf9bf 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/trace.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/trace.py
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-def enable_tpoint_group(client, name):
+from .helpers import deprecated_alias
+
+
+@deprecated_alias('enable_tpoint_group')
+def trace_enable_tpoint_group(client, name):
     """Enable trace on a specific tpoint group.
 
     Args:
         name: trace group name we want to enable in tpoint_group_mask. (for example "bdev").
     """
     params = {'name': name}
-    return client.call('enable_tpoint_group', params)
+    return client.call('trace_enable_tpoint_group', params)
 
 
 def disable_tpoint_group(client, name):