diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index c5c32be040bf..c4b3cb8a02b1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -1925,6 +1925,15 @@ void *raw_field_ptr(struct event *event, const char *name, void *data)
 	if (!field)
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_STRING) {
+		int offset;
+
+		offset = *(int *)(data + field->offset);
+		offset &= 0xffff;
+
+		return data + offset;
+	}
+
 	return data + field->offset;
 }