diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/generic/ata_adapter/ata_adapter.c b/src/add-ons/kernel/generic/ata_adapter/ata_adapter.c
index b780fdf3f0..3a72c0a997 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/generic/ata_adapter/ata_adapter.c
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/generic/ata_adapter/ata_adapter.c
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@
 
 #define TRACE dprintf
 
+#define INTERRUPT_TRACING 0
+#if INTERRUPT_TRACING 
+	#include <tracing.h>
+	#define TRACE_INT(a...) 	ktrace_printf(a)
+#else
+	#define TRACE_INT(a...)
+#endif
+
+
 static ata_for_controller_interface *sATA;
 static device_manager_info *sDeviceManager;
 
@@ -184,9 +193,12 @@ ata_adapter_inthand(void *arg)
 	pci_device *device = channel->device;
 	uint8 statusATA, statusBM;
 
+	TRACE_INT("ata_adapter_inthand\n");
+
 	if (!channel->dmaing) {
 		// this could be a spurious interrupt, so read status
 		// register unconditionally to acknowledge those
+		TRACE_INT("ata_adapter_inthand: not DMA\n");
 		pci->read_io_8(device, channel->command_block_base + 7);
 		return B_UNHANDLED_INTERRUPT;
 	}
@@ -195,11 +207,13 @@ ata_adapter_inthand(void *arg)
 	// will clear the interrupt status bit once ATA status is read
 	statusBM = pci->read_io_8(device, channel->bus_master_base
 		+ ATA_BM_STATUS_REG);
+	TRACE_INT("ata_adapter_inthand: BM-status 0x%02x\n", statusBM);
 
 	// test if the interrupt was really generated by our controller
 	if (statusBM & ATA_BM_STATUS_INTERRUPT) {
 		// read ATA status register to acknowledge interrupt
 		statusATA = pci->read_io_8(device, channel->command_block_base + 7);
+		TRACE_INT("ata_adapter_inthand: ATA-status 0x%02x\n", statusATA);
 
 		// clear pending PCI bus master DMA interrupt, for those 
 		// controllers who don't clear it themselves
@@ -209,6 +223,7 @@ ata_adapter_inthand(void *arg)
 		// signal interrupt to ATA stack
 		return sATA->interrupt_handler(channel->ataChannel, statusATA);
 	} else {
+		TRACE_INT("ata_adapter_inthand: not BM\n");
 		return B_UNHANDLED_INTERRUPT;
 	}
 }