diff --git a/scripts/cleanup-trace-events.pl b/scripts/cleanup-trace-events.pl
index d4f0e4c..6c3767b 100755
--- a/scripts/cleanup-trace-events.pl
+++ b/scripts/cleanup-trace-events.pl
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@
 chdir($dir) or die "chdir $dir: $!";
 
 while (<IN>) {
-    if (/^(disable |(tcg) |vcpu )*([a-z_0-9]+)\(/i) {
-        my $pat = "trace_$3";
-        $pat .= '_tcg' if (defined $2);
-        open GREP, '-|', 'git', 'grep', '-lw', '--max-depth', '1', $pat
+    if (/^(disable |(tcg) |(vcpu) )*([a-z_0-9]+)\(/i) {
+        my $pat = "trace_$4";
+        $pat .= '_tcg' if defined $2;
+        open GREP, '-|', 'git', 'grep', '-lw',
+	    defined $3 ? () : ('--max-depth', '1'),
+	    $pat
             or die "run git grep: $!";
         while (my $fname = <GREP>) {
             chomp $fname;