diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
index 7cb99b433888..c2cc42daf924 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ add_probe_vfs_getname() {
 	if [ $had_vfs_getname -eq 1 ] ; then
 		line=$(perf probe -L getname_flags 2>&1 | egrep 'result.*=.*filename;' | sed -r 's/[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]+)[[:space:]]+result->uptr.*/\1/')
 		perf probe -q       "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=result->name:string" || \
-		perf probe $verbose "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=filename:string"
+		perf probe $verbose "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=filename:ustring"
 	fi
 }