diff --git a/scripts/cleanup-trace-events.pl b/scripts/cleanup-trace-events.pl
index cffbf165dc..7e808efb6a 100755
--- a/scripts/cleanup-trace-events.pl
+++ b/scripts/cleanup-trace-events.pl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sub out {
 
 while (<>) {
     if (/^(disable )?([a-z_0-9]+)\(/) {
-        open GREP, '-|', 'git', 'grep', '-l', "trace_$2"
+        open GREP, '-|', 'git', 'grep', '-lw', "trace_$2"
             or die "run git grep: $!";
         my $fname;
         while ($fname = <GREP>) {