1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 4ea7e19f5251..928918b796b2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -697,7 +697,11 @@ parse_raw_event(const char **strp, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
                 return EVT_FAILED;
         n = hex2u64(str + 1, &config);
         if (n > 0) {
-                *strp = str + n + 1;
+                const char *end = str + n + 1;
+                if (*end != '\0' && *end != ',' && *end != ':')
+                        return EVT_FAILED;
+
+                *strp = end;
                 attr->type = PERF_TYPE_RAW;
                 attr->config = config;
                 return EVT_HANDLED;
@@ -1097,6 +1101,4 @@ void print_events(const char *event_glob)
         printf("\n");
 
         print_tracepoint_events(NULL, NULL);
-
-        exit(129);
 }