diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc
index 7449a4b8f1f9..9098f1e7433f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ echo 'wakeup_latency u64 lat pid_t pid' >> synthetic_events
 echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts1=common_timestamp.usecs if comm=="ping"' >> events/sched/sched_wakeup/trigger
 echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts1:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).wakeup_latency($wakeup_lat,next_pid) if next_comm=="ping"' > events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
 
-echo 'waking+wakeup_latency u64 lat; pid_t pid' >> synthetic_events
-echo 'hist:keys=pid,lat:sort=pid,lat:ww_lat=$waking_lat+$wakeup_lat:onmatch(synthetic.wakeup_latency).waking+wakeup_latency($ww_lat,pid)' >> events/synthetic/wakeup_latency/trigger
-echo 'hist:keys=pid,lat:sort=pid,lat' >> events/synthetic/waking+wakeup_latency/trigger
+echo 'waking_plus_wakeup_latency u64 lat; pid_t pid' >> synthetic_events
+echo 'hist:keys=pid,lat:sort=pid,lat:ww_lat=$waking_lat+$wakeup_lat:onmatch(synthetic.wakeup_latency).waking_plus_wakeup_latency($ww_lat,pid)' >> events/synthetic/wakeup_latency/trigger
+echo 'hist:keys=pid,lat:sort=pid,lat' >> events/synthetic/waking_plus_wakeup_latency/trigger
 
 ping $LOCALHOST -c 3
-if ! grep -q "pid:" events/synthetic/waking+wakeup_latency/hist; then
+if ! grep -q "pid:" events/synthetic/waking_plus_wakeup_latency/hist; then
     fail "Failed to create combined histogram"
 fi