1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index 8e5e4f6137bb..31d4e7da191c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -304,7 +304,10 @@ int pevent_register_comm(struct pevent *pevent, const char *comm, int pid)
         if (!item)
                 return -1;
 
-        item->comm = strdup(comm);
+        if (comm)
+                item->comm = strdup(comm);
+        else
+                item->comm = strdup("<...>");
         if (!item->comm) {
                 free(item);
                 return -1;