diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 66fb1d53d0f0..4fd9162ef8f4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -336,6 +336,9 @@ static int perf_add_probe_events(struct perf_probe_event *pevs, int npevs)
 
 		for (k = 0; k < pev->ntevs; k++) {
 			struct probe_trace_event *tev = &pev->tevs[k];
+			/* Skipped events have no event name */
+			if (!tev->event)
+				continue;
 
 			/* We use tev's name for showing new events */
 			show_perf_probe_event(tev->group, tev->event, pev,