diff --git a/maitake-sync/Cargo.toml b/maitake-sync/Cargo.toml
index 66b03f19..eadcdb39 100644
--- a/maitake-sync/Cargo.toml
+++ b/maitake-sync/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1", default_features = false, optional = true }
 # the cfg is enabled).
 [target.'cfg(loom)'.dependencies]
 loom = { version = "0.7", default_features = false }
+tracing = { version = "0.1", default_features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 futures-util = "0.3"
diff --git a/maitake-sync/src/blocking/default_mutex.rs b/maitake-sync/src/blocking/default_mutex.rs
index 30dbcbd3..deac18aa 100644
--- a/maitake-sync/src/blocking/default_mutex.rs
+++ b/maitake-sync/src/blocking/default_mutex.rs
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ use spin_impl::SpinDefaultMutex as Inner;
 #[cfg(loom)]
 mod loom_impl {
     use super::ScopedRawMutex;
-    #[cfg(any(feature = "tracing", test))]
     use core::panic::Location;
+    use tracing::{debug, debug_span};
 
     #[derive(Debug)]
     pub(super) struct LoomDefaultMutex(loom::sync::Mutex<()>);
@@ -178,24 +178,21 @@ mod loom_impl {
         #[track_caller]
         #[inline]
         fn with_lock<R>(&self, f: impl FnOnce() -> R) -> R {
-            #[cfg(any(feature = "tracing", test))]
             let location = Location::caller();
-            #[cfg(any(feature = "tracing", test))]
-            tracing::trace!(
+            trace!(
                 target: "maitake_sync::blocking",
                 %location,
                 "DefaultMutex::with_lock()",
             );
 
             let guard = self.0.lock();
-            let _span = tracing::debug_span!(
+            let _span = debug_span!(
                 target: "maitake_sync::blocking",
                 "locked",
                 %location,
             )
             .entered();
-            #[cfg(any(feature = "tracing", test))]
-            tracing::debug!(
+            debug!(
                 target: "maitake_sync::blocking",
                 "DefaultMutex::with_lock() -> locked",
             );
@@ -203,8 +200,7 @@ mod loom_impl {
             let result = f();
             drop(guard);
 
-            #[cfg(any(feature = "tracing", test))]
-            tracing::debug!(
+            debug!(
                 target: "maitake_sync::blocking",
                 "DefaultMutex::with_lock() -> unlocked",
             );
@@ -215,10 +211,8 @@ mod loom_impl {
         #[track_caller]
         #[inline]
         fn try_with_lock<R>(&self, f: impl FnOnce() -> R) -> Option<R> {
-            #[cfg(any(feature = "tracing", test))]
             let location = Location::caller();
-            #[cfg(any(feature = "tracing", test))]
-            tracing::trace!(
+            trace!(
                 target: "maitake_sync::blocking",
                 %location,
                 "DefaultMutex::try_with_lock()",
@@ -226,11 +220,9 @@ mod loom_impl {
 
             match self.0.try_lock() {
                 Ok(guard) => {
-                    let _span =
-                        tracing::debug_span!(target: "maitake_sync::blocking", "locked", %location)
-                            .entered();
-                    #[cfg(any(feature = "tracing", test))]
-                    tracing::debug!(
+                    let _span = debug_span!(target: "maitake_sync::blocking", "locked", %location)
+                        .entered();
+                    debug!(
                         target: "maitake_sync::blocking",
                         "DefaultMutex::try_with_lock() -> locked",
                     );
@@ -238,8 +230,7 @@ mod loom_impl {
                     let result = f();
                     drop(guard);
 
-                    #[cfg(any(feature = "tracing", test))]
-                    tracing::debug!(
+                    debug!(
                         target: "maitake_sync::blocking",
                         "DefaultMutex::try_with_lock() -> unlocked",
                     );
@@ -247,8 +238,7 @@ mod loom_impl {
                     Some(result)
                 }
                 Err(_) => {
-                    #[cfg(any(feature = "tracing", test))]
-                    tracing::debug!(
+                    debug!(
                         target: "maitake_sync::blocking",
                         %location,
                         "DefaultMutex::try_with_lock() -> already locked",
diff --git a/maitake-sync/src/spin.rs b/maitake-sync/src/spin.rs
index 20003aa2..6153a683 100644
--- a/maitake-sync/src/spin.rs
+++ b/maitake-sync/src/spin.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub mod once;
 pub use self::once::{InitOnce, Lazy};
 
 use crate::{
-    blocking::{self, RawMutex, RawRwLock},
+    blocking::{RawMutex, RawRwLock},
     loom::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering::*},
     util::{fmt, Backoff},
 };
diff --git a/maitake-sync/src/util.rs b/maitake-sync/src/util.rs
index 8b442759..bb15dc3a 100644
--- a/maitake-sync/src/util.rs
+++ b/maitake-sync/src/util.rs
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 //! - [`Backoff`]: exponential backoff for spin loops
 //! - [`CachePadded`]: pads and aligns a value to the size of a cache line
 
-#[cfg(any(test, feature = "tracing"))]
+#[cfg(any(test, feature = "tracing", loom))]
 macro_rules! trace {
     ($($t:tt)*) => { tracing::trace!($($t)*) }
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(any(test, feature = "tracing")))]
+#[cfg(not(any(test, feature = "tracing", loom)))]
 macro_rules! trace {
     ($($t:tt)*) => {};
 }
diff --git a/maitake-sync/src/util/backoff.rs b/maitake-sync/src/util/backoff.rs
index 4a512d92..0208099a 100644
--- a/maitake-sync/src/util/backoff.rs
+++ b/maitake-sync/src/util/backoff.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ impl Backoff {
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn spin(&mut self) {
         // Issue 2^exp pause instructions.
+        #[cfg_attr(loom, allow(unused_variables))]
         let spins = 1 << self.exp;
+
         #[cfg(not(loom))]
         for _ in 0..spins {
             crate::loom::hint::spin_loop();
diff --git a/maitake-sync/src/util/fmt.rs b/maitake-sync/src/util/fmt.rs
index 59a7bffb..1b0fcf2a 100644
--- a/maitake-sync/src/util/fmt.rs
+++ b/maitake-sync/src/util/fmt.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub(crate) struct FmtOption<'a, T> {
 
 // === impl FormatWith ===
 
-#[cfg(any(test, feature = "tracing"))]
+#[cfg(any(test, feature = "tracing", loom))]
 #[inline]
 #[must_use]
 pub(crate) fn ptr<T: Pointer>(value: T) -> FormatWith<T> {