diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c9e4c339655a..d5f89544ce8e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 00fc97863c21c41e257a941e83410c56341e2a5d
+refs/heads/master: 6f4596d9312ba5fbf5f3231ef484823c4e684d2e
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c b/trunk/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
index b12e4903739a..a1217a10632f 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
@@ -113,8 +113,11 @@ static char *read_string(void)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* trailing \0: */
+	i++;
+
 	/* move the file descriptor to the end of the string */
-	r = lseek(input_fd, -(r - (i+1)), SEEK_CUR);
+	r = lseek(input_fd, -(r - i), SEEK_CUR);
 	if (r < 0)
 		die("lseek");