diff --git a/docs/u_trace.rst b/docs/u_trace.rst
index a6e6fa951f9..e7dafc07001 100644
--- a/docs/u_trace.rst
+++ b/docs/u_trace.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Usage
 
 u_trace is controlled by environment variables:
 
-:envvar:`GPU_TRACES`
+:envvar:`MESA_GPU_TRACES`
    controls whether u_trace is enabled and trace output
 
    ``print``
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ u_trace is controlled by environment variables:
       traces can be collected without setting this but it may miss some
       events prior to the tracing session being started.
 
-:envvar:`GPU_TRACEFILE`
+:envvar:`MESA_GPU_TRACEFILE`
    specifies a file where to write the output instead of ``stdout``
 
 :envvar:`*_GPU_TRACEPOINT`
diff --git a/src/util/perf/u_trace.c b/src/util/perf/u_trace.c
index 88ba45b0a16..7ddcfed894b 100644
--- a/src/util/perf/u_trace.c
+++ b/src/util/perf/u_trace.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static const struct debug_named_value config_control[] = {
    DEBUG_NAMED_VALUE_END
 };
 
-DEBUG_GET_ONCE_OPTION(trace_file, "GPU_TRACEFILE", NULL)
+DEBUG_GET_ONCE_OPTION(trace_file, "MESA_GPU_TRACEFILE", NULL)
 
 static void
 trace_file_fini(void)
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static void
 u_trace_state_init_once(void)
 {
    u_trace_state.enabled_traces =
-      debug_get_flags_option("GPU_TRACES", config_control, 0);
+      debug_get_flags_option("MESA_GPU_TRACES", config_control, 0);
    const char *tracefile_name = debug_get_option_trace_file();
    if (tracefile_name && !__check_suid()) {
       u_trace_state.trace_file = fopen(tracefile_name, "w");
diff --git a/src/util/tests/perf/u_trace_test.cpp b/src/util/tests/perf/u_trace_test.cpp
index 6714983cdf7..34134ec607c 100644
--- a/src/util/tests/perf/u_trace_test.cpp
+++ b/src/util/tests/perf/u_trace_test.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ test_thread(void *_state)
 
 TEST(UtilPerfTraceTest, Multithread)
 {
-   static char env_tracefile[] = "GPU_TRACEFILE=tracefile_for_test-b5ba5a0c-6ed1-4901-a38d-755991182663";
+   static char env_tracefile[] = "MESA_GPU_TRACEFILE=tracefile_for_test-b5ba5a0c-6ed1-4901-a38d-755991182663";
    thrd_t threads[NUM_DEBUG_TEST_THREAD];
    putenv(env_tracefile);
    for (unsigned i = 0; i < NUM_DEBUG_TEST_THREAD; i++) {