diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
index 95a43ccb6dd0..bca0c9e5452c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ endef
 
 define do_generate_dynamic_list_file
 	symbol_type=`$(NM) -u -D $1 | awk 'NF>1 {print $$1}' | \
-	xargs echo "U W w" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -u | xargs echo`;\
-	if [ "$$symbol_type" = "U W w" ];then				\
+	xargs echo "U w W" | tr 'w ' 'W\n' | sort -u | xargs echo`;\
+	if [ "$$symbol_type" = "U W" ];then				\
 		(echo '{';						\
 		$(NM) -u -D $1 | awk 'NF>1 {print "\t"$$2";"}' | sort -u;\
 		echo '};';						\