diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index de0d91385c9..88e18044993 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 #define semantic_error(msg ...) die("Semantic error :" msg)
 
 /* If there is no space to write, returns -E2BIG. */
+static int e_snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
+	__attribute__((format(printf, 3, 4)));
+
 static int e_snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -258,7 +261,7 @@ int synthesize_perf_probe_event(struct probe_point *pp)
 		ret = e_snprintf(buf, MAX_CMDLEN, "%s%s%s%s", pp->function,
 				 offs, pp->retprobe ? "%return" : "", line);
 	else
-		ret = e_snprintf(buf, MAX_CMDLEN, "%s%s%s%s", pp->file, line);
+		ret = e_snprintf(buf, MAX_CMDLEN, "%s%s", pp->file, line);
 	if (ret <= 0)
 		goto error;
 	len = ret;