diff --git a/hw/timer/trace-events b/hw/timer/trace-events
index 3eccef8385..8145e18e3d 100644
--- a/hw/timer/trace-events
+++ b/hw/timer/trace-events
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ aspeed_timer_read(uint64_t offset, unsigned size, uint64_t value) "From 0x%" PRI
 
 # armv7m_systick.c
 systick_reload(void) "systick reload"
-systick_timer_tick(void) "systick reload"
+systick_timer_tick(void) "systick tick"
 systick_read(uint64_t addr, uint32_t value, unsigned size) "systick read addr 0x%" PRIx64 " data 0x%" PRIx32 " size %u"
 systick_write(uint64_t addr, uint32_t value, unsigned size) "systick write addr 0x%" PRIx64 " data 0x%" PRIx32 " size %u"