diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 907eaf316f5b..58bbe85d4166 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -423,6 +423,20 @@ static struct evsel *perf_evsel__raw_syscall_newtp(const char *direction, void *
 	({ struct syscall_tp *fields = evsel->priv; \
 	   fields->name.pointer(&fields->name, sample); })
 
+size_t strarray__scnprintf_suffix(struct strarray *sa, char *bf, size_t size, const char *intfmt, bool show_suffix, int val)
+{
+	int idx = val - sa->offset;
+
+	if (idx < 0 || idx >= sa->nr_entries || sa->entries[idx] == NULL) {
+		size_t printed = scnprintf(bf, size, intfmt, val);
+		if (show_suffix)
+			printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed, " /* %s??? */", sa->prefix);
+		return printed;
+	}
+
+	return scnprintf(bf, size, "%s%s", sa->entries[idx], show_suffix ? sa->prefix : "");
+}
+
 size_t strarray__scnprintf(struct strarray *sa, char *bf, size_t size, const char *intfmt, bool show_prefix, int val)
 {
 	int idx = val - sa->offset;
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/beauty.h b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/beauty.h
index 0dee0cf4fda8..165f56b456be 100644
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/beauty.h
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/beauty.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct strarray {
 }
 
 size_t strarray__scnprintf(struct strarray *sa, char *bf, size_t size, const char *intfmt, bool show_prefix, int val);
+size_t strarray__scnprintf_suffix(struct strarray *sa, char *bf, size_t size, const char *intfmt, bool show_suffix, int val);
 size_t strarray__scnprintf_flags(struct strarray *sa, char *bf, size_t size, bool show_prefix, unsigned long flags);
 
 bool strarray__strtoul(struct strarray *sa, char *bf, size_t size, u64 *ret);