diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index 304ceed9fd7d..3a2b46847c8b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -1989,6 +1989,80 @@ static int user_event_set_tp_name(struct user_event *user)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Counts how many ';' without a trailing space are in the args.
+ */
+static int count_semis_no_space(char *args)
+{
+	int count = 0;
+
+	while ((args = strchr(args, ';'))) {
+		args++;
+
+		if (!isspace(*args))
+			count++;
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Copies the arguments while ensuring all ';' have a trailing space.
+ */
+static char *insert_space_after_semis(char *args, int count)
+{
+	char *fixed, *pos;
+	int len;
+
+	len = strlen(args) + count;
+	fixed = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!fixed)
+		return NULL;
+
+	pos = fixed;
+
+	/* Insert a space after ';' if there is no trailing space. */
+	while (*args) {
+		*pos = *args++;
+
+		if (*pos++ == ';' && !isspace(*args))
+			*pos++ = ' ';
+	}
+
+	*pos = '\0';
+
+	return fixed;
+}
+
+static char **user_event_argv_split(char *args, int *argc)
+{
+	char **split;
+	char *fixed;
+	int count;
+
+	/* Count how many ';' without a trailing space */
+	count = count_semis_no_space(args);
+
+	/* No fixup is required */
+	if (!count)
+		return argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, args, argc);
+
+	/* We must fixup 'field;field' to 'field; field' */
+	fixed = insert_space_after_semis(args, count);
+
+	if (!fixed)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* We do a normal split afterwards */
+	split = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, fixed, argc);
+
+	/* We can free since argv_split makes a copy */
+	kfree(fixed);
+
+	return split;
+}
+
 /*
  * Parses the event name, arguments and flags then registers if successful.
  * The name buffer lifetime is owned by this method for success cases only.
@@ -2012,7 +2086,7 @@ static int user_event_parse(struct user_event_group *group, char *name,
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (args) {
-		argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, args, &argc);
+		argv = user_event_argv_split(args, &argc);
 
 		if (!argv)
 			return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/user_events/ftrace_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/user_events/ftrace_test.c
index dcd7509fe2e0..0bb46793dcd4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/user_events/ftrace_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/user_events/ftrace_test.c
@@ -261,6 +261,12 @@ TEST_F(user, register_events) {
 	ASSERT_EQ(0, ioctl(self->data_fd, DIAG_IOCSREG, &reg));
 	ASSERT_EQ(0, reg.write_index);
 
+	/* Register without separator spacing should still match */
+	reg.enable_bit = 29;
+	reg.name_args = (__u64)"__test_event u32 field1;u32 field2";
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, ioctl(self->data_fd, DIAG_IOCSREG, &reg));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, reg.write_index);
+
 	/* Multiple registers to same name but different args should fail */
 	reg.enable_bit = 29;
 	reg.name_args = (__u64)"__test_event u32 field1;";
@@ -288,6 +294,8 @@ TEST_F(user, register_events) {
 	ASSERT_EQ(0, ioctl(self->data_fd, DIAG_IOCSUNREG, &unreg));
 	unreg.disable_bit = 30;
 	ASSERT_EQ(0, ioctl(self->data_fd, DIAG_IOCSUNREG, &unreg));
+	unreg.disable_bit = 29;
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, ioctl(self->data_fd, DIAG_IOCSUNREG, &unreg));
 
 	/* Delete should have been auto-done after close and unregister */
 	close(self->data_fd);