diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 1c97e133a3f420066cb307c28f451093668d0204..5a47c1e11f77738b6f770f8e3b67f7a085a0362a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
+#include "util/strlist.h"
 #include "util/event.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/parse-options.h"
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ static struct {
 	int need_dwarf;
 	int nr_probe;
 	struct probe_point probes[MAX_PROBES];
+	struct strlist *dellist;
 } session;
 
 static bool listing;
@@ -107,6 +109,17 @@ static int opt_add_probe_event(const struct option *opt __used,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int opt_del_probe_event(const struct option *opt __used,
+			       const char *str, int unset __used)
+{
+	if (str) {
+		if (!session.dellist)
+			session.dellist = strlist__new(true, NULL);
+		strlist__add(session.dellist, str);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #ifndef NO_LIBDWARF
 static int open_default_vmlinux(void)
 {
@@ -141,6 +154,7 @@ static int open_default_vmlinux(void)
 static const char * const probe_usage[] = {
 	"perf probe [<options>] 'PROBEDEF' ['PROBEDEF' ...]",
 	"perf probe [<options>] --add 'PROBEDEF' [--add 'PROBEDEF' ...]",
+	"perf probe [<options>] --del '[GROUP:]EVENT' ...",
 	"perf probe --list",
 	NULL
 };
@@ -152,7 +166,9 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('k', "vmlinux", &session.vmlinux, "file",
 		"vmlinux/module pathname"),
 #endif
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('l', "list", &listing, "list up current probes"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('l', "list", &listing, "list up current probe events"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK('d', "del", NULL, "[GROUP:]EVENT", "delete a probe event.",
+		opt_del_probe_event),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('a', "add", NULL,
 #ifdef NO_LIBDWARF
 		"FUNC[+OFFS|%return] [ARG ...]",
@@ -191,15 +207,26 @@ int cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 	if (argc > 0)
 		parse_probe_event_argv(argc, argv);
 
-	if ((session.nr_probe == 0 && !listing) ||
-	    (session.nr_probe != 0 && listing))
+	if ((session.nr_probe == 0 && !session.dellist && !listing))
 		usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
 
 	if (listing) {
+		if (session.nr_probe != 0 || session.dellist) {
+			pr_warning("  Error: Don't use --list with"
+				   " --add/--del.\n");
+			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
+		}
 		show_perf_probe_events();
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (session.dellist) {
+		del_trace_kprobe_events(session.dellist);
+		strlist__delete(session.dellist);
+		if (session.nr_probe == 0)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (session.need_dwarf)
 #ifdef NO_LIBDWARF
 		die("Debuginfo-analysis is not supported");
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 31beedcf61c1b44dc8890ec44ebf3ec65f7ae2ec..9480d9941cc0453a47816e05e1b3bf7847db613c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -430,10 +430,11 @@ void show_perf_probe_events(void)
 }
 
 /* Get current perf-probe event names */
-static struct strlist *get_perf_event_names(int fd)
+static struct strlist *get_perf_event_names(int fd, bool include_group)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 	char *group, *event;
+	char buf[128];
 	struct strlist *sl, *rawlist;
 	struct str_node *ent;
 
@@ -443,7 +444,12 @@ static struct strlist *get_perf_event_names(int fd)
 	for (i = 0; i < strlist__nr_entries(rawlist); i++) {
 		ent = strlist__entry(rawlist, i);
 		parse_trace_kprobe_event(ent->s, &group, &event, NULL);
-		strlist__add(sl, event);
+		if (include_group) {
+			if (e_snprintf(buf, 128, "%s:%s", group, event) < 0)
+				die("Failed to copy group:event name.");
+			strlist__add(sl, buf);
+		} else
+			strlist__add(sl, event);
 		free(group);
 		free(event);
 	}
@@ -457,9 +463,10 @@ static void write_trace_kprobe_event(int fd, const char *buf)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	pr_debug("Writing event: %s\n", buf);
 	ret = write(fd, buf, strlen(buf));
 	if (ret <= 0)
-		die("Failed to create event.");
+		die("Failed to write event: %s", strerror(errno));
 }
 
 static void get_new_event_name(char *buf, size_t len, const char *base,
@@ -496,7 +503,7 @@ void add_trace_kprobe_events(struct probe_point *probes, int nr_probes)
 
 	fd = open_kprobe_events(O_RDWR, O_APPEND);
 	/* Get current event names */
-	namelist = get_perf_event_names(fd);
+	namelist = get_perf_event_names(fd, false);
 
 	for (j = 0; j < nr_probes; j++) {
 		pp = probes + j;
@@ -524,3 +531,57 @@ void add_trace_kprobe_events(struct probe_point *probes, int nr_probes)
 	strlist__delete(namelist);
 	close(fd);
 }
+
+static void del_trace_kprobe_event(int fd, const char *group,
+				   const char *event, struct strlist *namelist)
+{
+	char buf[128];
+
+	if (e_snprintf(buf, 128, "%s:%s", group, event) < 0)
+		die("Failed to copy event.");
+	if (!strlist__has_entry(namelist, buf)) {
+		pr_warning("Warning: event \"%s\" is not found.\n", buf);
+		return;
+	}
+	/* Convert from perf-probe event to trace-kprobe event */
+	if (e_snprintf(buf, 128, "-:%s/%s", group, event) < 0)
+		die("Failed to copy event.");
+
+	write_trace_kprobe_event(fd, buf);
+	printf("Remove event: %s:%s\n", group, event);
+}
+
+void del_trace_kprobe_events(struct strlist *dellist)
+{
+	int fd;
+	unsigned int i;
+	const char *group, *event;
+	char *p, *str;
+	struct str_node *ent;
+	struct strlist *namelist;
+
+	fd = open_kprobe_events(O_RDWR, O_APPEND);
+	/* Get current event names */
+	namelist = get_perf_event_names(fd, true);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < strlist__nr_entries(dellist); i++) {
+		ent = strlist__entry(dellist, i);
+		str = strdup(ent->s);
+		if (!str)
+			die("Failed to copy event.");
+		p = strchr(str, ':');
+		if (p) {
+			group = str;
+			*p = '\0';
+			event = p + 1;
+		} else {
+			group = PERFPROBE_GROUP;
+			event = str;
+		}
+		del_trace_kprobe_event(fd, group, event, namelist);
+		free(str);
+	}
+	strlist__delete(namelist);
+	close(fd);
+}
+
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
index 0c6fe56fe38a01bfe64ca7f2458cd5d1981b261d..f752159124aef11a6a092e7afe497c5c2b6400af 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ extern void parse_trace_kprobe_event(const char *str, char **group,
 				     char **event, struct probe_point *pp);
 extern int synthesize_trace_kprobe_event(struct probe_point *pp);
 extern void add_trace_kprobe_events(struct probe_point *probes, int nr_probes);
+extern void del_trace_kprobe_events(struct strlist *dellist);
 extern void show_perf_probe_events(void);
 
 /* Maximum index number of event-name postfix */