diff --git a/nsock/src/nsock_event.c b/nsock/src/nsock_event.c
index 62c7a5a68..1018ac945 100644
--- a/nsock/src/nsock_event.c
+++ b/nsock/src/nsock_event.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ int msevent_cancel(mspool *nsp, msevent *nse, gh_list *event_list, gh_list_elem
   }
 
   if (nsp->tracelevel > 0)
-    nsock_trace(nsp, "msevent_cancel() on event #%li (type %s)", nse->id, nse_type2str(nse->type));
+    nsock_trace(nsp, "msevent_cancel on event #%li (type %s)", nse->id, nse_type2str(nse->type));
 
   /* Now that we found the event... we go through the motions of cleanly
    * cancelling it */
diff --git a/nsock/src/nsock_iod.c b/nsock/src/nsock_iod.c
index 7f8f3f930..6b9f3b5b7 100644
--- a/nsock/src/nsock_iod.c
+++ b/nsock/src/nsock_iod.c
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ nsock_iod nsi_new2(nsock_pool nsockp, int sd, void *userdata) {
 
   /* The nsp keeps track of active msiods so it can delete them if it is deleted */
   nsi->entry_in_nsp_active_iods = gh_list_append(&nsp->active_iods, nsi);
+
+  if (nsp->tracelevel > 1)
+    nsock_trace(nsp, "nsi_new (IOD #%lu)", nsi->id);
+
   return (nsock_iod)nsi;
 }
 
@@ -162,16 +166,15 @@ void nsi_delete(nsock_iod nsockiod, int pending_response) {
 
   assert(nsi);
 
-  
-  if (nsi->nsp->tracelevel > 1)
-    nsock_trace(nsi->nsp, "nsi_delete() (IOD #%lu)", nsi->id);
-
   if (nsi->state == NSIOD_STATE_DELETED) {
     /* This nsi is already marked as deleted, will probably be removed from the
      * list very soon. Just return to avoid breaking reentrancy. */
     return;
   }
 
+  if (nsi->nsp->tracelevel > 1)
+    nsock_trace(nsi->nsp, "nsi_delete (IOD #%lu)", nsi->id);
+
   if (nsi->events_pending > 0) {
     /* shit -- they killed the msiod while an event was still pending on it.
      * Maybe I should store the pending events in the msiod.  On the other hand,
@@ -228,7 +231,7 @@ void nsi_delete(nsock_iod nsockiod, int pending_response) {
     if (SSL_shutdown(nsi->ssl) == -1) {
 
       if (nsi->nsp->tracelevel > 1)
-        nsock_trace(nsi->nsp, "nsi_delete(): SSL shutdown failed (%s) on NSI %li",
+        nsock_trace(nsi->nsp, "nsi_delete: SSL shutdown failed (%s) on NSI %li",
                     ERR_reason_error_string(SSL_get_error(nsi->ssl, -1)), nsi->id);
     }