diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
index 835c4fada901..dbe6ef2489a4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ static bool eprobe_dyn_event_match(const char *system, const char *event,
 	if (!slash)
 		return false;
 
-	if (strncmp(ep->event_system, argv[0], slash - argv[0]))
+	if (strncmp(ep->event_system, argv[0], slash - argv[0]) ||
+	    ep->event_system[slash - argv[0]] != '\0')
 		return false;
 	if (strcmp(ep->event_name, slash + 1))
 		return false;