diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 5dfae2a172a2d8f22363340a8f25ba7c38791b78..4ec1db980c2f006495b9ea83893d9713951b9a93 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -761,9 +761,18 @@ static void do_trace_event_set_state(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
     const char *tp_name = qdict_get_str(qdict, "name");
     bool new_state = qdict_get_bool(qdict, "option");
-    int ret = trace_event_set_state(tp_name, new_state);
 
-    if (!ret) {
+    bool found = false;
+    TraceEvent *ev = NULL;
+    while ((ev = trace_event_pattern(tp_name, ev)) != NULL) {
+        found = true;
+        if (!trace_event_get_state_static(ev)) {
+            monitor_printf(mon, "event \"%s\" is not traceable\n", tp_name);
+        } else {
+            trace_event_set_state_dynamic(ev, new_state);
+        }
+    }
+    if (!trace_event_is_pattern(tp_name) && !found) {
         monitor_printf(mon, "unknown event name \"%s\"\n", tp_name);
     }
 }