diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace+probe_vfs_getname.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace+probe_vfs_getname.sh
index 55ad9793d544..4ce276efe6b4 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace+probe_vfs_getname.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace+probe_vfs_getname.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ skip_if_no_perf_probe || exit 2
 file=$(mktemp /tmp/temporary_file.XXXXX)
 
 trace_open_vfs_getname() {
-	evts=$(echo $(perf list syscalls:sys_enter_open* |& egrep 'open(at)? ' | sed -r 's/.*sys_enter_([a-z]+) +\[.*$/\1/') | sed 's/ /,/')
+	evts=$(echo $(perf list syscalls:sys_enter_open* 2>&1 | egrep 'open(at)? ' | sed -r 's/.*sys_enter_([a-z]+) +\[.*$/\1/') | sed 's/ /,/')
 	perf trace -e $evts touch $file 2>&1 | \
 	egrep " +[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ +\( +[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ ms\): +touch\/[0-9]+ open(at)?\((dfd: +CWD, +)?filename: +${file}, +flags: CREAT\|NOCTTY\|NONBLOCK\|WRONLY, +mode: +IRUGO\|IWUGO\) += +[0-9]+$"
 }