diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 80c25be23c454e..fe10179893c156 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -6217,7 +6217,7 @@ static int event_hist_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 	if (WARN_ON(!glob))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (strlen(glob)) {
+	if (glob[0]) {
 		hist_err_clear();
 		last_cmd_set(file, param_and_filter);
 	}