diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d37aca57709a..f2c8444ea5b2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a844d1ef09872a8b8c66d431edd1b8a943e51c7a
+refs/heads/master: f8f4b2872295dca88339ec0c403b2217b1197353
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/util/header.c b/trunk/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 3e7e0b09c12c..ecd7f4dd7eea 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_event_type(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	strncpy(ev.event_type.event_type.name, name, MAX_EVENT_NAME - 1);
 
 	ev.event_type.header.type = PERF_RECORD_HEADER_EVENT_TYPE;
-	size = strlen(name);
+	size = strlen(ev.event_type.event_type.name);
 	size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(u64));
 	ev.event_type.header.size = sizeof(ev.event_type) -
 		(sizeof(ev.event_type.event_type.name) - size);