diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_type.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_type.tc
index 1bcb67dcae26..81490ecaaa92 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_type.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_type.tc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ for width in 64 32 16 8; do
   echo 0 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
 
   : "Confirm the arguments is recorded in given types correctly"
-  ARGS=`grep "testprobe" trace | sed -e 's/.* arg1=\(.*\) arg2=\(.*\) arg3=\(.*\) arg4=\(.*\)/\1 \2 \3 \4/'`
+  ARGS=`grep "testprobe" trace | head -n 1 | sed -e 's/.* arg1=\(.*\) arg2=\(.*\) arg3=\(.*\) arg4=\(.*\)/\1 \2 \3 \4/'`
   check_types $ARGS $width
 
   : "Clear event for next loop"