diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
index a4c58a932dfa..32109d092b10 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
@@ -528,7 +528,8 @@ static notrace void trace_event_raw_event_synth(void *__data,
 		str_val = (char *)(long)var_ref_vals[val_idx];
 
 		if (event->dynamic_fields[i]->is_stack) {
-			len = *((unsigned long *)str_val);
+			/* reserve one extra element for size */
+			len = *((unsigned long *)str_val) + 1;
 			len *= sizeof(unsigned long);
 		} else {
 			len = fetch_store_strlen((unsigned long)str_val);