1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 2dec9bcde8b4..2088893c049e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -767,16 +767,15 @@ static int __parse_probe_arg(char *arg, const struct fetch_type *t,
                 }
                 break;
         case '+':       /* deref memory */
+                arg++;  /* Skip '+', because strict_strtol() rejects it. */
         case '-':
                 tmp = strchr(arg, '(');
                 if (!tmp)
                         break;
                 *tmp = '\0';
-                ret = strict_strtol(arg + 1, 0, &offset);
+                ret = strict_strtol(arg, 0, &offset);
                 if (ret)
                         break;
-                if (arg[0] == '-')
-                        offset = -offset;
                 arg = tmp + 1;
                 tmp = strrchr(arg, ')');
                 if (tmp) {