Index: oprofile/utils/opcontrol
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--- oprofile.orig/utils/opcontrol
+++ oprofile/utils/opcontrol
@@ -362,12 +362,12 @@ create_dir()
 
 get_event()
 {
-	GOTEVENT=`eval "echo \\$CHOSEN_EVENTS_$1"`
+	GOTEVENT=`eval "echo \"\\$CHOSEN_EVENTS_$1\""`
 }
 
 set_event()
 {
-	eval "CHOSEN_EVENTS_$1=$2"
+	eval "CHOSEN_EVENTS_$1=\"$2\""
 }