diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+probe_libc_inet_pton.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+probe_libc_inet_pton.sh
index 263057039693..94e513e62b34 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+probe_libc_inet_pton.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+probe_libc_inet_pton.sh
@@ -14,35 +14,40 @@ libc=$(grep -w libc /proc/self/maps | head -1 | sed -r 's/.*[[:space:]](\/.*)/\1
 nm -Dg $libc 2>/dev/null | fgrep -q inet_pton || exit 254
 
 trace_libc_inet_pton_backtrace() {
-	idx=0
-	expected[0]="ping[][0-9 \.:]+probe_libc:inet_pton: \([[:xdigit:]]+\)"
-	expected[1]=".*inet_pton\+0x[[:xdigit:]]+[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$"
+
+	expected=`mktemp -u /tmp/expected.XXX`
+
+	echo "ping[][0-9 \.:]+probe_libc:inet_pton: \([[:xdigit:]]+\)" > $expected
+	echo ".*inet_pton\+0x[[:xdigit:]]+[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$" >> $expected
 	case "$(uname -m)" in
 	s390x)
 		eventattr='call-graph=dwarf,max-stack=4'
-		expected[2]="gaih_inet.*\+0x[[:xdigit:]]+[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$"
-		expected[3]="(__GI_)?getaddrinfo\+0x[[:xdigit:]]+[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$"
-		expected[4]="main\+0x[[:xdigit:]]+[[:space:]]\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$"
+		echo "gaih_inet.*\+0x[[:xdigit:]]+[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$" >> $expected
+		echo "(__GI_)?getaddrinfo\+0x[[:xdigit:]]+[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$" >> $expected
+		echo "main\+0x[[:xdigit:]]+[[:space:]]\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$" >> $expected
 		;;
 	*)
 		eventattr='max-stack=3'
-		expected[2]="getaddrinfo\+0x[[:xdigit:]]+[[:space:]]\($libc\)$"
-		expected[3]=".*\+0x[[:xdigit:]]+[[:space:]]\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$"
+		echo "getaddrinfo\+0x[[:xdigit:]]+[[:space:]]\($libc\)$" >> $expected
+		echo ".*\+0x[[:xdigit:]]+[[:space:]]\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$" >> $expected
 		;;
 	esac
 
-	file=`mktemp -u /tmp/perf.data.XXX`
+	perf_data=`mktemp -u /tmp/perf.data.XXX`
+	perf_script=`mktemp -u /tmp/perf.script.XXX`
+	perf record -e probe_libc:inet_pton/$eventattr/ -o $perf_data ping -6 -c 1 ::1 > /dev/null 2>&1
+	perf script -i $perf_data > $perf_script
 
-	perf record -e probe_libc:inet_pton/$eventattr/ -o $file ping -6 -c 1 ::1 > /dev/null 2>&1
-	perf script -i $file | while read line ; do
+	exec 3<$perf_script
+	exec 4<$expected
+	while read line <&3 && read -r pattern <&4; do
+		[ -z "$pattern" ] && break
 		echo $line
-		echo "$line" | egrep -q "${expected[$idx]}"
+		echo "$line" | egrep -q "$pattern"
 		if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-			printf "FAIL: expected backtrace entry %d \"%s\" got \"%s\"\n" $idx "${expected[$idx]}" "$line"
+			printf "FAIL: expected backtrace entry \"%s\" got \"%s\"\n" "$pattern" "$line"
 			exit 1
 		fi
-		let idx+=1
-		[ -z "${expected[$idx]}" ] && break
 	done
 
 	# If any statements are executed from this point onwards,
@@ -58,6 +63,6 @@ skip_if_no_perf_probe && \
 perf probe -q $libc inet_pton && \
 trace_libc_inet_pton_backtrace
 err=$?
-rm -f ${file}
+rm -f ${perf_data} ${perf_script} ${expected}
 perf probe -q -d probe_libc:inet_pton
 exit $err