diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
index 7d4478525c66..2ddd46c8fcfa 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
@@ -310,6 +310,27 @@ static unsigned long get_event_field(struct fetch_insn *code, void *rec)
 
 	addr = rec + field->offset;
 
+	if (is_string_field(field)) {
+		switch (field->filter_type) {
+		case FILTER_DYN_STRING:
+			val = (unsigned long)(rec + (*(unsigned int *)addr & 0xffff));
+			break;
+		case FILTER_RDYN_STRING:
+			val = (unsigned long)(addr + (*(unsigned int *)addr & 0xffff));
+			break;
+		case FILTER_STATIC_STRING:
+			val = (unsigned long)addr;
+			break;
+		case FILTER_PTR_STRING:
+			val = (unsigned long)(*(char *)addr);
+			break;
+		default:
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		return val;
+	}
+
 	switch (field->size) {
 	case 1:
 		if (field->is_signed)