diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 9402885a77f383674e40d54e1a543da111dc6725..82a5596241a75211fd035238bb8d41059f0c8c1e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ sort__srcline_cmp(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
 static int hist_entry__srcline_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *bf,
 					size_t size, unsigned int width)
 {
-	return repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%*.*-s", width, width, he->srcline);
+	return repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%-*.*s", width, width, he->srcline);
 }
 
 struct sort_entry sort_srcline = {