diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h
index cc78943..3cbb96e 100644
--- a/include/trace/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #define __array(type, item, len)	type	item[len];
 
 #undef __dynamic_array
-#define __dynamic_array(type, item, len) unsigned short __data_loc_##item;
+#define __dynamic_array(type, item, len) u32 __data_loc_##item;
 
 #undef __string
 #define __string(item, src) __dynamic_array(char, item, -1)
@@ -51,13 +51,14 @@
  * Include the following:
  *
  * struct ftrace_data_offsets_<call> {
- *	int				<item1>;
- *	int				<item2>;
+ *	u32				<item1>;
+ *	u32				<item2>;
  *	[...]
  * };
  *
- * The __dynamic_array() macro will create each int <item>, this is
+ * The __dynamic_array() macro will create each u32 <item>, this is
  * to keep the offset of each array from the beginning of the event.
+ * The size of an array is also encoded, in the higher 16 bits of <item>.
  */
 
 #undef __field
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@
 #define __array(type, item, len)
 
 #undef __dynamic_array
-#define __dynamic_array(type, item, len)	int item;
+#define __dynamic_array(type, item, len)	u32 item;
 
 #undef __string
 #define __string(item, src) __dynamic_array(char, item, -1)
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@
 
 #undef __get_dynamic_array
 #define __get_dynamic_array(field)	\
-		((void *)__entry + __entry->__data_loc_##field)
+		((void *)__entry + (__entry->__data_loc_##field & 0xffff))
 
 #undef __get_str
 #define __get_str(field) (char *)__get_dynamic_array(field)
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@
 #define __dynamic_array(type, item, len)				\
 	__data_offsets->item = __data_size +				\
 			       offsetof(typeof(*entry), __data);	\
+	__data_offsets->item |= (len * sizeof(type)) << 16;		\
 	__data_size += (len) * sizeof(type);
 
 #undef __string
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index b9aae72..1c80ef7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -176,11 +176,13 @@
 static int filter_pred_strloc(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event,
 			      int val1, int val2)
 {
-	unsigned short str_loc = *(unsigned short *)(event + pred->offset);
+	u32 str_item = *(u32 *)(event + pred->offset);
+	int str_loc = str_item & 0xffff;
+	int str_len = str_item >> 16;
 	char *addr = (char *)(event + str_loc);
 	int cmp, match;
 
-	cmp = strncmp(addr, pred->str_val, pred->str_len);
+	cmp = strncmp(addr, pred->str_val, str_len);
 
 	match = (!cmp) ^ pred->not;