diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 034245e46817..910283cbbc8f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static int tp_event_has_id(struct dirent *sys_dir, struct dirent *evt_dir)
 	   (strcmp(evt_dirent.d_name, "..")) &&				       \
 	   (!tp_event_has_id(&sys_dirent, &evt_dirent)))
 
-#define MAX_EVENT_LENGTH 30
+#define MAX_EVENT_LENGTH 512
 
 int valid_debugfs_mount(const char *debugfs)
 {