diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 91cab5f669d2..92b07be0b48b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -1757,8 +1757,7 @@ int parse_probe_trace_command(const char *cmd, struct probe_trace_event *tev)
 	fmt1_str = strtok_r(argv0_str, ":", &fmt);
 	fmt2_str = strtok_r(NULL, "/", &fmt);
 	fmt3_str = strtok_r(NULL, " \t", &fmt);
-	if (fmt1_str == NULL || strlen(fmt1_str) != 1 || fmt2_str == NULL
-	    || fmt3_str == NULL) {
+	if (fmt1_str == NULL || fmt2_str == NULL || fmt3_str == NULL) {
 		semantic_error("Failed to parse event name: %s\n", argv[0]);
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;