diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 48e101ad1392..441655e659c2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2385,6 +2385,7 @@ static int trace__fprintf_sys_enter(struct trace *trace, struct evsel *evsel,
 	char msg[1024];
 	void *args, *augmented_args = NULL;
 	int augmented_args_size;
+	size_t printed = 0;
 
 	if (sc == NULL)
 		return -1;
@@ -2400,8 +2401,8 @@ static int trace__fprintf_sys_enter(struct trace *trace, struct evsel *evsel,
 
 	args = perf_evsel__sc_tp_ptr(evsel, args, sample);
 	augmented_args = syscall__augmented_args(sc, sample, &augmented_args_size, trace->raw_augmented_syscalls_args_size);
-	syscall__scnprintf_args(sc, msg, sizeof(msg), args, augmented_args, augmented_args_size, trace, thread);
-	fprintf(trace->output, "%s", msg);
+	printed += syscall__scnprintf_args(sc, msg, sizeof(msg), args, augmented_args, augmented_args_size, trace, thread);
+	fprintf(trace->output, "%.*s", (int)printed, msg);
 	err = 0;
 out_put:
 	thread__put(thread);