diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 85f6b01431c7..d239004aaf29 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -738,16 +738,30 @@ static void free_synth_field(struct synth_field *field)
 	kfree(field);
 }
 
-static struct synth_field *parse_synth_field(char *field_type,
-					     char *field_name)
+static struct synth_field *parse_synth_field(int argc, char **argv,
+					     int *consumed)
 {
 	struct synth_field *field;
+	const char *prefix = NULL;
+	char *field_type = argv[0], *field_name;
 	int len, ret = 0;
 	char *array;
 
 	if (field_type[0] == ';')
 		field_type++;
 
+	if (!strcmp(field_type, "unsigned")) {
+		if (argc < 3)
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		prefix = "unsigned ";
+		field_type = argv[1];
+		field_name = argv[2];
+		*consumed = 3;
+	} else {
+		field_name = argv[1];
+		*consumed = 2;
+	}
+
 	len = strlen(field_name);
 	if (field_name[len - 1] == ';')
 		field_name[len - 1] = '\0';
@@ -760,11 +774,15 @@ static struct synth_field *parse_synth_field(char *field_type,
 	array = strchr(field_name, '[');
 	if (array)
 		len += strlen(array);
+	if (prefix)
+		len += strlen(prefix);
 	field->type = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!field->type) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto free;
 	}
+	if (prefix)
+		strcat(field->type, prefix);
 	strcat(field->type, field_type);
 	if (array) {
 		strcat(field->type, array);
@@ -1009,7 +1027,7 @@ static int create_synth_event(int argc, char **argv)
 	struct synth_field *field, *fields[SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX];
 	struct synth_event *event = NULL;
 	bool delete_event = false;
-	int i, n_fields = 0, ret = 0;
+	int i, consumed = 0, n_fields = 0, ret = 0;
 	char *name;
 
 	mutex_lock(&synth_event_mutex);
@@ -1061,16 +1079,16 @@ static int create_synth_event(int argc, char **argv)
 			goto err;
 		}
 
-		field = parse_synth_field(argv[i], argv[i + 1]);
+		field = parse_synth_field(argc - i, &argv[i], &consumed);
 		if (IS_ERR(field)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(field);
 			goto err;
 		}
-		fields[n_fields] = field;
-		i++; n_fields++;
+		fields[n_fields++] = field;
+		i += consumed - 1;
 	}
 
-	if (i < argc) {
+	if (i < argc && strcmp(argv[i], ";") != 0) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto err;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-syntax.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-syntax.tc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..88e6c3f43006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-syntax.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# description: event trigger - test synthetic_events syntax parser
+
+do_reset() {
+    reset_trigger
+    echo > set_event
+    clear_trace
+}
+
+fail() { #msg
+    do_reset
+    echo $1
+    exit_fail
+}
+
+if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
+    echo "event tracing is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f synthetic_events ]; then
+    echo "synthetic event is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+reset_tracer
+do_reset
+
+echo "Test synthetic_events syntax parser"
+
+echo > synthetic_events
+
+# synthetic event must have a field
+! echo "myevent" >> synthetic_events
+echo "myevent u64 var1" >> synthetic_events
+
+# synthetic event must be found in synthetic_events
+grep "myevent[[:space:]]u64 var1" synthetic_events
+
+# it is not possible to add same name event
+! echo "myevent u64 var2" >> synthetic_events
+
+# Non-append open will cleanup all events and add new one
+echo "myevent u64 var2" > synthetic_events
+
+# multiple fields with different spaces
+echo "myevent u64 var1; u64 var2;" > synthetic_events
+grep "myevent[[:space:]]u64 var1; u64 var2" synthetic_events
+echo "myevent u64 var1 ; u64 var2 ;" > synthetic_events
+grep "myevent[[:space:]]u64 var1; u64 var2" synthetic_events
+echo "myevent u64 var1 ;u64 var2" > synthetic_events
+grep "myevent[[:space:]]u64 var1; u64 var2" synthetic_events
+
+# test field types
+echo "myevent u32 var" > synthetic_events
+echo "myevent u16 var" > synthetic_events
+echo "myevent u8 var" > synthetic_events
+echo "myevent s64 var" > synthetic_events
+echo "myevent s32 var" > synthetic_events
+echo "myevent s16 var" > synthetic_events
+echo "myevent s8 var" > synthetic_events
+
+echo "myevent char var" > synthetic_events
+echo "myevent int var" > synthetic_events
+echo "myevent long var" > synthetic_events
+echo "myevent pid_t var" > synthetic_events
+
+echo "myevent unsigned char var" > synthetic_events
+echo "myevent unsigned int var" > synthetic_events
+echo "myevent unsigned long var" > synthetic_events
+grep "myevent[[:space:]]unsigned long var" synthetic_events
+
+# test string type
+echo "myevent char var[10]" > synthetic_events
+grep "myevent[[:space:]]char\[10\] var" synthetic_events
+
+do_reset
+
+exit 0