diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index a3e36fc634dc..d4f9994ae47f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ static void __p_read_format(char *buf, size_t size, u64 value)
 
 #define BUF_SIZE		1024
 
-#define p_hex(val)		snprintf(buf, BUF_SIZE, "%"PRIx64, (uint64_t)(val))
+#define p_hex(val)		snprintf(buf, BUF_SIZE, "%#"PRIx64, (uint64_t)(val))
 #define p_unsigned(val)		snprintf(buf, BUF_SIZE, "%"PRIu64, (uint64_t)(val))
 #define p_signed(val)		snprintf(buf, BUF_SIZE, "%"PRId64, (int64_t)(val))
 #define p_sample_type(val)	__p_sample_type(buf, BUF_SIZE, val)