diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/augmented_raw_syscalls.bpf.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/augmented_raw_syscalls.bpf.c
index 43549b63b433..90ce22f9c1a9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/augmented_raw_syscalls.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/augmented_raw_syscalls.bpf.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ unsigned int augmented_arg__read_str(struct augmented_arg *augmented_arg, const
 	 */
 	if (string_len > 0) {
 		augmented_len -= sizeof(augmented_arg->value) - string_len;
+		_Static_assert(is_power_of_2(sizeof(augmented_arg->value)), "sizeof(augmented_arg->value) needs to be a power of two");
 		augmented_len &= sizeof(augmented_arg->value) - 1;
 		augmented_arg->size = string_len;
 	} else {