diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h b/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
index aef960f90f26e..a2835d784f4be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
@@ -1514,16 +1514,16 @@ TRACE_EVENT(kvm_nested_vmenter_failed,
 	TP_ARGS(msg, err),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
-		__field(const char *, msg)
+		__string(msg, msg)
 		__field(u32, err)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
-		__entry->msg = msg;
+		__assign_str(msg, msg);
 		__entry->err = err;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("%s%s", __entry->msg, !__entry->err ? "" :
+	TP_printk("%s%s", __get_str(msg), !__entry->err ? "" :
 		__print_symbolic(__entry->err, VMX_VMENTER_INSTRUCTION_ERRORS))
 );