diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace+probe_libc_inet_pton.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace+probe_libc_inet_pton.sh
index 8c4ab0b390c0..52c3ee701a89 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace+probe_libc_inet_pton.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace+probe_libc_inet_pton.sh
@@ -15,30 +15,28 @@ nm -g $libc 2>/dev/null | fgrep -q inet_pton || exit 254
 
 trace_libc_inet_pton_backtrace() {
 	idx=0
-	expected[0]="PING.*bytes"
-	expected[1]="64 bytes from ::1.*"
-	expected[2]=".*ping statistics.*"
-	expected[3]=".*packets transmitted.*"
-	expected[4]="rtt min.*"
-	expected[5]="[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[[:space:]]+probe_libc:inet_pton:\([[:xdigit:]]+\)"
-	expected[6]=".*inet_pton[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$"
+	expected[0]="ping[][0-9 \.:]+probe_libc:inet_pton: \([[:xdigit:]]+\)"
+	expected[1]=".*inet_pton[[:space:]]\($libc\)$"
 	case "$(uname -m)" in
 	s390x)
 		eventattr='call-graph=dwarf'
-		expected[7]="gaih_inet.*[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$"
-		expected[8]="__GI_getaddrinfo[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$"
-		expected[9]="main[[:space:]]\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$"
-		expected[10]="__libc_start_main[[:space:]]\($libc\)$"
-		expected[11]="_start[[:space:]]\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$"
+		expected[2]="gaih_inet.*[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$"
+		expected[3]="__GI_getaddrinfo[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$"
+		expected[4]="main[[:space:]]\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$"
+		expected[5]="__libc_start_main[[:space:]]\($libc\)$"
+		expected[6]="_start[[:space:]]\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$"
 		;;
 	*)
 		eventattr='max-stack=3'
-		expected[7]="getaddrinfo[[:space:]]\($libc\)$"
-		expected[8]=".*\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$"
+		expected[2]="getaddrinfo[[:space:]]\($libc\)$"
+		expected[3]=".*\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$"
 		;;
 	esac
 
-	perf trace --no-syscalls -e probe_libc:inet_pton/$eventattr/ ping -6 -c 1 ::1 2>&1 | grep -v ^$ | while read line ; do
+	file=`mktemp -u /tmp/perf.data.XXX`
+
+	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
 		echo $line
 		echo "$line" | egrep -q "${expected[$idx]}"
 		if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
@@ -48,6 +46,8 @@ trace_libc_inet_pton_backtrace() {
 		let idx+=1
 		[ -z "${expected[$idx]}" ] && break
 	done
+
+	rm -f $file
 }
 
 # Check for IPv6 interface existence