diff --git a/pkg/events/ftrace.go b/pkg/events/ftrace.go
index c8a7164232ce..a335f4f1f844 100644
--- a/pkg/events/ftrace.go
+++ b/pkg/events/ftrace.go
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ func checkFtraceHooks(eventsCounter counter.Counter, out chan *trace.Event, base
 			continue
 		}
 
+		ftraceLine = strings.ReplaceAll(ftraceLine, "\t", " ")
+
 		params := ftraceDef.GetParams()
 		args := initFtraceArgs(params)
 		err = parseEventArgs(ftraceLine, args) // Fill args