diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
index 0440bea8f6bb..ace2da9e0a0d 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ enum {
 	FILTER_OTHER = 0,
 	FILTER_STATIC_STRING,
 	FILTER_DYN_STRING,
+	FILTER_PTR_STRING,
 };
 
 extern int trace_define_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 8a8e576733fc..9f03082c81d8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -163,6 +163,20 @@ static int filter_pred_string(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event,
 	return match;
 }
 
+/* Filter predicate for char * pointers */
+static int filter_pred_pchar(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event,
+			     int val1, int val2)
+{
+	char **addr = (char **)(event + pred->offset);
+	int cmp, match;
+
+	cmp = strncmp(*addr, pred->str_val, pred->str_len);
+
+	match = (!cmp) ^ pred->not;
+
+	return match;
+}
+
 /*
  * Filter predicate for dynamic sized arrays of characters.
  * These are implemented through a list of strings at the end
@@ -489,7 +503,8 @@ int filter_assign_type(const char *type)
 static bool is_string_field(struct ftrace_event_field *field)
 {
 	return field->filter_type == FILTER_DYN_STRING ||
-	       field->filter_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING;
+	       field->filter_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING ||
+	       field->filter_type == FILTER_PTR_STRING;
 }
 
 static int is_legal_op(struct ftrace_event_field *field, int op)
@@ -579,11 +594,16 @@ static int filter_add_pred(struct filter_parse_state *ps,
 	}
 
 	if (is_string_field(field)) {
+		pred->str_len = field->size;
+
 		if (field->filter_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING)
 			fn = filter_pred_string;
-		else
+		else if (field->filter_type == FILTER_DYN_STRING)
 			fn = filter_pred_strloc;
-		pred->str_len = field->size;
+		else {
+			fn = filter_pred_pchar;
+			pred->str_len = strlen(pred->str_val);
+		}
 	} else {
 		if (field->is_signed)
 			ret = strict_strtoll(pred->str_val, 0, &val);