diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index d3f7b496fd81..9b216bc31112 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -735,7 +735,8 @@ BPF_CALL_5(bpf_seq_printf, struct seq_file *, m, char *, fmt, u32, fmt_size,
 		}
 
 		if (fmt[i] != 'i' && fmt[i] != 'd' &&
-		    fmt[i] != 'u' && fmt[i] != 'x') {
+		    fmt[i] != 'u' && fmt[i] != 'x' &&
+		    fmt[i] != 'X') {
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}