1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 947d21f38398..3d3cb8392c86 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -588,7 +588,11 @@ static char *get_trace_output(struct hist_entry *he)
         } else {
                 pevent_event_info(&seq, evsel->tp_format, &rec);
         }
-        return seq.buffer;
+        /*
+         * Trim the buffer, it starts at 4KB and we're not going to
+         * add anything more to this buffer.
+         */
+        return realloc(seq.buffer, seq.len + 1);
 }
 
 static int64_t