1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index c5c32be040bf..c4b3cb8a02b1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -1925,6 +1925,15 @@ void *raw_field_ptr(struct event *event, const char *name, void *data)
         if (!field)
                 return NULL;
 
+        if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_STRING) {
+                int offset;
+
+                offset = *(int *)(data + field->offset);
+                offset &= 0xffff;
+
+                return data + offset;
+        }
+
         return data + field->offset;
 }