1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index d06c66cd358b..034245e46817 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -525,7 +525,8 @@ static enum event_result parse_tracepoint_event(const char **strp,
 
         flags = strchr(evt_name, ':');
         if (flags) {
-                *flags = '\0';
+                /* split it out: */
+                evt_name = strndup(evt_name, flags - evt_name);
                 flags++;
         }