diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 7f3e6ca6f0fa1c317643961312e07e40420f16c7..f21e42ddba69e9559bdb852abd3edb0e2e6e4381 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -3137,13 +3137,15 @@ static inline void __update_field_vars(struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
 				size = min(val->size, STR_VAR_LEN_MAX);
 				strscpy(str, val_str, size);
 			} else {
+				char *stack_start = str + sizeof(unsigned long);
 				int e;
 
-				e = stack_trace_save((void *)str,
+				e = stack_trace_save((void *)stack_start,
 						     HIST_STACKTRACE_DEPTH,
 						     HIST_STACKTRACE_SKIP);
 				if (e < HIST_STACKTRACE_DEPTH - 1)
-					((unsigned long *)str)[e] = 0;
+					((unsigned long *)stack_start)[e] = 0;
+				*((unsigned long *)str) = e;
 			}
 			var_val = (u64)(uintptr_t)str;
 		}
@@ -5135,13 +5137,15 @@ static void hist_trigger_elt_update(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 					size = min(hist_field->size, STR_VAR_LEN_MAX);
 					strscpy(str, val_str, size);
 				} else {
+					char *stack_start = str + sizeof(unsigned long);
 					int e;
 
-					e = stack_trace_save((void *)str,
+					e = stack_trace_save((void *)stack_start,
 							     HIST_STACKTRACE_DEPTH,
 							     HIST_STACKTRACE_SKIP);
 					if (e < HIST_STACKTRACE_DEPTH - 1)
-						((unsigned long *)str)[e] = 0;
+						((unsigned long *)stack_start)[e] = 0;
+					*((unsigned long *)str) = e;
 				}
 				hist_val = (u64)(uintptr_t)str;
 			}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
index 306c89e0ce55e71730a08023dc2f9ff11ac190f0..70bddb25d9c08d99addfdca9ddbe739077b617be 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
@@ -538,7 +538,12 @@ static notrace void trace_event_raw_event_synth(void *__data,
 		val_idx = var_ref_idx[field_pos];
 		str_val = (char *)(long)var_ref_vals[val_idx];
 
-		len = kern_fetch_store_strlen((unsigned long)str_val);
+		if (event->dynamic_fields[i]->is_stack) {
+			len = *((unsigned long *)str_val);
+			len *= sizeof(unsigned long);
+		} else {
+			len = kern_fetch_store_strlen((unsigned long)str_val);
+		}
 
 		fields_size += len;
 	}