1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 5cb6f4bde905..1f4cfe5d32fc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static enum event_result parse_tracepoint_event(const char **strp,
         if (evt_length >= MAX_EVENT_LENGTH)
                 return EVT_FAILED;
         if (strpbrk(evt_name, "*?")) {
-                *strp += strlen(sys_name) + evt_length;
+                *strp += strlen(sys_name) + evt_length + 1; /* 1 == the ':' */
                 return parse_multiple_tracepoint_event(sys_name, evt_name,
                                                        flags);
         } else {