diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index ed4583128b9c..b36061cd1ab8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2514,19 +2514,30 @@ static size_t trace__fprintf_thread_summary(struct trace *trace, FILE *fp);
 
 static bool perf_evlist__add_vfs_getname(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
-	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("probe", "vfs_getname");
+	bool found = false;
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel, *tmp;
+	struct parse_events_error err = { .idx = 0, };
+	int ret = parse_events(evlist, "probe:vfs_getname*", &err);
 
-	if (IS_ERR(evsel))
+	if (ret)
 		return false;
 
-	if (perf_evsel__field(evsel, "pathname") == NULL) {
+	evlist__for_each_entry_safe(evlist, evsel, tmp) {
+		if (!strstarts(perf_evsel__name(evsel), "probe:vfs_getname"))
+			continue;
+
+		if (perf_evsel__field(evsel, "pathname")) {
+			evsel->handler = trace__vfs_getname;
+			found = true;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		list_del_init(&evsel->node);
+		evsel->evlist = NULL;
 		perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
-		return false;
 	}
 
-	evsel->handler = trace__vfs_getname;
-	perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
-	return true;
+	return found;
 }
 
 static struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_pgfault(u64 config)