diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 515a800efc9c67e0c2519f7003547317cdd7b831..b627975d1c3e097c6935b6e39f777ba8fe347c82 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ static int syscall__alloc_arg_fmts(struct syscall *sc, int nr_args)
 }
 
 static struct syscall_arg_fmt syscall_arg_fmts__by_name[] = {
-	{ .name = "msr", .scnprintf = SCA_X86_MSR, }
+	{ .name = "msr", .scnprintf = SCA_X86_MSR, .strtoul = STUL_X86_MSR, }
 };
 
 static int syscall_arg_fmt__cmp(const void *name, const void *fmtp)
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/beauty.h b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/beauty.h
index 919ac4548bd84760cbffae49b0cd562b839ce954..77ad80a399fd9d90c9bcb1d488e183b25e046306 100644
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/beauty.h
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/beauty.h
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_strarray_flags(char *bf, size_t size, struct sysca
 size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_x86_MSR(char *bf, size_t size, struct syscall_arg *arg);
 #define SCA_X86_MSR syscall_arg__scnprintf_x86_MSR
 
+bool syscall_arg__strtoul_x86_MSR(char *bf, size_t size, struct syscall_arg *arg, u64 *ret);
+#define STUL_X86_MSR syscall_arg__strtoul_x86_MSR
+
 size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_strarrays(char *bf, size_t size, struct syscall_arg *arg);
 #define SCA_STRARRAYS syscall_arg__scnprintf_strarrays
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/tracepoints/x86_msr.c b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/tracepoints/x86_msr.c
index 5e9ef5369fb5ed98956dce3d47cee7484f391ce8..6b8f129579d62a415b5bd80b2b6e1a66e52472a1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/tracepoints/x86_msr.c
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/tracepoints/x86_msr.c
@@ -32,3 +32,8 @@ size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_x86_MSR(char *bf, size_t size, struct syscall_arg
 
 	return x86_MSR__scnprintf(flags, bf, size, arg->show_string_prefix);
 }
+
+bool syscall_arg__strtoul_x86_MSR(char *bf, size_t size, struct syscall_arg *arg __maybe_unused, u64 *ret)
+{
+	return strarrays__strtoul(&strarrays__x86_MSRs_tables, bf, size, ret);
+}