diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index 7ce724fc0544..0bc1a6df8a27 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ static enum event_type __read_token(char **tok)
 		if (strcmp(*tok, "LOCAL_PR_FMT") == 0) {
 			free(*tok);
 			*tok = NULL;
-			return force_token("\"\%s\" ", tok);
+			return force_token("\"%s\" ", tok);
 		} else if (strcmp(*tok, "STA_PR_FMT") == 0) {
 			free(*tok);
 			*tok = NULL;