diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index 3955ba9e6fcb..7989dd6289e7 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -2206,7 +2206,7 @@ eval_type_str(unsigned long long val, const char *type, int pointer)
 		return val & 0xffffffff;
 
 	if (strcmp(type, "u64") == 0 ||
-	    strcmp(type, "s64"))
+	    strcmp(type, "s64") == 0)
 		return val;
 
 	if (strcmp(type, "s8") == 0)