diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
index f2019b37370d310cd845b6a42101d77cad77bc6b..e7c4c7b752a2511a4d4debd53b90718c06e95444 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
@@ -37,17 +37,18 @@ reset_ftrace_filter() { # reset all triggers in set_ftrace_filter
 	if [ "$tr" = "" ]; then
 	    continue
 	fi
+	name=`echo $t | cut -d: -f1 | cut -d' ' -f1`
 	if [ $tr = "enable_event" -o $tr = "disable_event" ]; then
-	    tr=`echo $t | cut -d: -f1-4`
+	    tr=`echo $t | cut -d: -f2-4`
 	    limit=`echo $t | cut -d: -f5`
 	else
-	    tr=`echo $t | cut -d: -f1-2`
+	    tr=`echo $t | cut -d: -f2`
 	    limit=`echo $t | cut -d: -f3`
 	fi
 	if [ "$limit" != "unlimited" ]; then
 	    tr="$tr:$limit"
 	fi
-	echo "!$tr" > set_ftrace_filter
+	echo "!$name:$tr" > set_ftrace_filter
     done
 }