diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index ce1e20227c64d4e0789b6dad21a407988de720d9..75de355a63d61b44413b6581ec620f61381458b3 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -4968,6 +4968,7 @@ static void pretty_print(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, int size, struct event
 
 				if (arg->type == PRINT_BSTRING) {
 					trace_seq_puts(s, arg->string.string);
+					arg = arg->next;
 					break;
 				}