diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index 1d31bc4acf7a..073abbe3866b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static int parse_probe_vars(char *arg, const struct fetch_type *t,
 			}
 		} else
 			goto inval_var;
-	} else if (strcmp(arg, "comm") == 0) {
+	} else if (strcmp(arg, "comm") == 0 || strcmp(arg, "COMM") == 0) {
 		code->op = FETCH_OP_COMM;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API
 	} else if (((flags & TPARG_FL_MASK) ==
@@ -595,7 +595,8 @@ static int traceprobe_parse_probe_arg_body(char *arg, ssize_t *size,
 	 * Since $comm and immediate string can not be dereferred,
 	 * we can find those by strcmp.
 	 */
-	if (strcmp(arg, "$comm") == 0 || strncmp(arg, "\\\"", 2) == 0) {
+	if (strcmp(arg, "$comm") == 0 || strcmp(arg, "$COMM") == 0 ||
+	    strncmp(arg, "\\\"", 2) == 0) {
 		/* The type of $comm must be "string", and not an array. */
 		if (parg->count || (t && strcmp(t, "string")))
 			return -EINVAL;