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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index 6a03341e1788..f3c05da25b4a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -476,6 +476,11 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_event__new(const union perf_event *event)
event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE))
return NULL;
+ // FIXME this better be dynamic or we need to parse everything
+ // before calling perf_mmap__consume(), including tracepoint fields.
+ if (sizeof(pevent->event) < event->header.size)
+ return NULL;
+
ptype = pyrf_event__type[event->header.type];
pevent = PyObject_New(struct pyrf_event, ptype);
if (pevent != NULL)