diff --git a/docs/devel/tracing.txt b/docs/devel/tracing.txt
index 07abbb345c..6f815ecbd7 100644
--- a/docs/devel/tracing.txt
+++ b/docs/devel/tracing.txt
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ Trace events should use types as follows:
  * For everything else, use primitive scalar types (char, int, long) with the
    appropriate signedness.
 
+ * Avoid floating point types (float and double) because SystemTap does not
+   support them.  In most cases it is possible to round to an integer type
+   instead.  This may require scaling the value first by multiplying it by 1000
+   or the like when digits after the decimal point need to be preserved.
+
 Format strings should reflect the types defined in the trace event.  Take
 special care to use PRId64 and PRIu64 for int64_t and uint64_t types,
 respectively.  This ensures portability between 32- and 64-bit platforms.
diff --git a/migration/trace-events b/migration/trace-events
index 3f67758893..7ea522e453 100644
--- a/migration/trace-events
+++ b/migration/trace-events
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ migrate_global_state_post_load(const char *state) "loaded state: %s"
 migrate_global_state_pre_save(const char *state) "saved state: %s"
 migration_thread_low_pending(uint64_t pending) "%" PRIu64
 migrate_state_too_big(void) ""
-migrate_transferred(uint64_t tranferred, uint64_t time_spent, double bandwidth, uint64_t size) "transferred %" PRIu64 " time_spent %" PRIu64 " bandwidth %g max_size %" PRId64
+migrate_transferred(uint64_t tranferred, uint64_t time_spent, uint64_t bandwidth, uint64_t size) "transferred %" PRIu64 " time_spent %" PRIu64 " bandwidth %" PRIu64 " max_size %" PRId64
 process_incoming_migration_co_end(int ret, int ps) "ret=%d postcopy-state=%d"
 process_incoming_migration_co_postcopy_end_main(void) ""
 migration_set_incoming_channel(void *ioc, const char *ioctype) "ioc=%p ioctype=%s"
diff --git a/qapi/trace-events b/qapi/trace-events
index 9e9008a1dc..70e049ea80 100644
--- a/qapi/trace-events
+++ b/qapi/trace-events
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ visit_type_int64(void *v, const char *name, int64_t *obj) "v=%p name=%s obj=%p"
 visit_type_size(void *v, const char *name, uint64_t *obj) "v=%p name=%s obj=%p"
 visit_type_bool(void *v, const char *name, bool *obj) "v=%p name=%s obj=%p"
 visit_type_str(void *v, const char *name, char **obj) "v=%p name=%s obj=%p"
-visit_type_number(void *v, const char *name, double *obj) "v=%p name=%s obj=%p"
+visit_type_number(void *v, const char *name, void *obj) "v=%p name=%s obj=%p"
 visit_type_any(void *v, const char *name, void *obj) "v=%p name=%s obj=%p"
 visit_type_null(void *v, const char *name, void *obj) "v=%p name=%s obj=%p"
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py b/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
index b20fac34a3..0e3c9e146c 100644
--- a/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ ALLOWED_TYPES = [
     "bool",
     "unsigned",
     "signed",
-    "float",
-    "double",
     "int8_t",
     "uint8_t",
     "int16_t",