1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index b1c1df9bfb26..3a696aa70630 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1840,7 +1840,11 @@ static int trace__event_handler(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 {
         trace__printf_interrupted_entry(trace, sample);
         trace__fprintf_tstamp(trace, sample->time, trace->output);
-        fprintf(trace->output, "(%9.9s): %s:", " ", evsel->name);
+
+        if (trace->trace_syscalls)
+                fprintf(trace->output, "(         ): ");
+
+        fprintf(trace->output, "%s:", evsel->name);
 
         if (evsel->tp_format) {
                 event_format__fprintf(evsel->tp_format, sample->cpu,