diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index 38d6595891a..669953ab32e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -5101,6 +5101,7 @@ int pevent_strerror(struct pevent *pevent __maybe_unused,
 	case PEVENT_ERRNO__READ_FORMAT_FAILED:
 	case PEVENT_ERRNO__READ_PRINT_FAILED:
 	case PEVENT_ERRNO__OLD_FTRACE_ARG_FAILED:
+	case PEVENT_ERRNO__INVALID_ARG_TYPE:
 		snprintf(buf, buflen, "%s", msg);
 		break;