diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance-event.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance-event.tc
index 0eb47fbb3f44..42422e425107 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance-event.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance-event.tc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ instance_read() {
 
 instance_set() {
         while :; do
-                echo 1 > foo/events/sched/sched_switch
+                echo 1 > foo/events/sched/sched_switch/enable
         done 2> /dev/null
 }