1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
index b12e4903739a..a1217a10632f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
@@ -113,8 +113,11 @@ static char *read_string(void)
                 }
         }
 
+        /* trailing \0: */
+        i++;
+
         /* move the file descriptor to the end of the string */
-        r = lseek(input_fd, -(r - (i+1)), SEEK_CUR);
+        r = lseek(input_fd, -(r - i), SEEK_CUR);
         if (r < 0)
                 die("lseek");