diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 1d8192304842fdbccb5fc9ecb1af40d8855a5a2e..b24ab0e6ea74521e1fa89183d736ac96b13046b1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static int filter_pred_string(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event,
 static int filter_pred_strloc(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event,
 			      int val1, int val2)
 {
-	int str_loc = *(int *)(event + pred->offset);
+	unsigned short str_loc = *(unsigned short *)(event + pred->offset);
 	char *addr = (char *)(event + str_loc);
 	int cmp, match;