diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/EventEmitter/RCTDeviceEventEmitter.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/EventEmitter/RCTDeviceEventEmitter.js
index 25698329188..d53df915597 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/EventEmitter/RCTDeviceEventEmitter.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/EventEmitter/RCTDeviceEventEmitter.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import type {IEventEmitter} from '../vendor/emitter/EventEmitter';
 
+import {beginEvent, endEvent} from '../Performance/Systrace';
 import EventEmitter from '../vendor/emitter/EventEmitter';
 
 // FIXME: use typed events
@@ -21,12 +22,22 @@ type RCTDeviceEventDefinitions = $FlowFixMe;
  *
  * NativeModules that emit events should instead subclass `NativeEventEmitter`.
  */
-const RCTDeviceEventEmitter: IEventEmitter<RCTDeviceEventDefinitions> =
-  new EventEmitter();
+class RCTDeviceEventEmitter extends EventEmitter<RCTDeviceEventDefinitions> {
+  // Add systrace to RCTDeviceEventEmitter.emit method for debugging
+  emit<TEvent: $Keys<RCTDeviceEventDefinitions>>(
+    eventType: TEvent,
+    ...args: RCTDeviceEventDefinitions[TEvent]
+  ): void {
+    beginEvent(() => `RCTDeviceEventEmitter.emit#${eventType}`);
+    super.emit(eventType, ...args);
+    endEvent();
+  }
+}
+const instance = new RCTDeviceEventEmitter();
 
 Object.defineProperty(global, '__rctDeviceEventEmitter', {
   configurable: true,
-  value: RCTDeviceEventEmitter,
+  value: instance,
 });
 
-export default (RCTDeviceEventEmitter: IEventEmitter<RCTDeviceEventDefinitions>);
+export default (instance: IEventEmitter<RCTDeviceEventDefinitions>);