diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_apis.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_apis.txt
index 38bfea30a5f644ed1f3c1d0e9c4aa99055ebeb25..f6aca0df2151a23c65d9d7d2db1d31adaf920ae2 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_apis.txt
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_apis.txt
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ parser context.
 
 The _tep_register_function()_ function registers a function name mapped to an
 address and (optional) module. This mapping is used in case the function tracer
-or events have "%pF" or "%pS" parameter in its format string. It is common to
-pass in the kallsyms function names with their corresponding addresses with this
+or events have "%pS" parameter in its format string. It is common to pass in
+the kallsyms function names with their corresponding addresses with this
 function. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser context. The _name_ is
-the name of the function, the string is copied internally. The _addr_ is
-the start address of the function. The _mod_ is the kernel module
-the function may be in (NULL for none).
+the name of the function, the string is copied internally. The _addr_ is the
+start address of the function. The _mod_ is the kernel module the function may
+be in (NULL for none).
 
 The _tep_register_print_string()_ function  registers a string by the address
 it was stored in the kernel. Some strings internal to the kernel with static
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index bb22238debfe1f932f2fe48bd4c6647ba726d9cc..6f842af4550b843a10fc35aeb3a040fc9e4bf6fe 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -4367,10 +4367,20 @@ static struct tep_print_arg *make_bprint_args(char *fmt, void *data, int size, s
 					switch (*ptr) {
 					case 's':
 					case 'S':
-					case 'f':
-					case 'F':
 					case 'x':
 						break;
+					case 'f':
+					case 'F':
+						/*
+						 * Pre-5.5 kernels use %pf and
+						 * %pF for printing symbols
+						 * while kernels since 5.5 use
+						 * %pfw for fwnodes. So check
+						 * %p[fF] isn't followed by 'w'.
+						 */
+						if (ptr[1] != 'w')
+							break;
+						/* fall through */
 					default:
 						/*
 						 * Older kernels do not process
@@ -4487,12 +4497,12 @@ get_bprint_format(void *data, int size __maybe_unused,
 
 	printk = find_printk(tep, addr);
 	if (!printk) {
-		if (asprintf(&format, "%%pf: (NO FORMAT FOUND at %llx)\n", addr) < 0)
+		if (asprintf(&format, "%%ps: (NO FORMAT FOUND at %llx)\n", addr) < 0)
 			return NULL;
 		return format;
 	}
 
-	if (asprintf(&format, "%s: %s", "%pf", printk->printk) < 0)
+	if (asprintf(&format, "%s: %s", "%ps", printk->printk) < 0)
 		return NULL;
 
 	return format;