diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/filter/event-filter-function.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/filter/event-filter-function.tc
index 2de7c61d1ae3..3f74c09c56b6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/filter/event-filter-function.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/filter/event-filter-function.tc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ echo 0 > events/enable
 echo "Get the most frequently calling function"
 sample_events
 
-target_func=`cut -d: -f3 trace | sed 's/call_site=\([^+]*\)+0x.*/\1/' | sort | uniq -c | sort | tail -n 1 | sed 's/^[ 0-9]*//'`
+target_func=`cat trace | grep -o 'call_site=\([^+]*\)' | sed 's/call_site=//' | sort | uniq -c | sort | tail -n 1 | sed 's/^[ 0-9]*//'`
 if [ -z "$target_func" ]; then
     exit_fail
 fi