2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index cd74b2e58adb..707f60ce32fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ static void trace_event(event_t *event)
                         for (j = 0; j < 15-(i & 15); j++)
                                 cdprintf("   ");
                         for (j = 0; j < (i & 15); j++) {
-                                if (isprint(raw_event[i-15+j]))
+                                if (issane(raw_event[i-15+j]))
                                         cdprintf("%c", raw_event[i-15+j]);
                                 else
                                         cdprintf(".");
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 76590a16c271..ce9b514f60a3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ extern unsigned char sane_ctype[256];
 #define isdigit(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_DIGIT)
 #define isalpha(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_ALPHA)
 #define isalnum(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_ALPHA | GIT_DIGIT)
+#define issane(x)  sane_istest(x,GIT_SPACE | GIT_DIGIT | GIT_ALPHA | GIT_GLOB_SPECIAL | GIT_REGEX_SPECIAL)
 #define is_glob_special(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_GLOB_SPECIAL)
 #define is_regex_special(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_GLOB_SPECIAL | GIT_REGEX_SPECIAL)
 #define tolower(x) sane_case((unsigned char)(x), 0x20)