diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+script_probe_vfs_getname.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+script_probe_vfs_getname.sh
index 54030c18bfc2..bf9e729b3ecf 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+script_probe_vfs_getname.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+script_probe_vfs_getname.sh
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ file=$(mktemp /tmp/temporary_file.XXXXX)
 
 record_open_file() {
 	echo "Recording open file:"
-	perf record -o ${perfdata} -e probe:vfs_getname touch $file
+	perf record -o ${perfdata} -e probe:vfs_getname\* touch $file
 }
 
 perf_script_filenames() {
 	echo "Looking at perf.data file for vfs_getname records for the file we touched:"
 	perf script -i ${perfdata} | \
-	egrep " +touch +[0-9]+ +\[[0-9]+\] +[0-9]+\.[0-9]+: +probe:vfs_getname: +\([[:xdigit:]]+\) +pathname=\"${file}\""
+	egrep " +touch +[0-9]+ +\[[0-9]+\] +[0-9]+\.[0-9]+: +probe:vfs_getname[_0-9]*: +\([[:xdigit:]]+\) +pathname=\"${file}\""
 }
 
 add_probe_vfs_getname || skip_if_no_debuginfo