diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index e14e986..9a3805f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@
 			for (j = 0; j < 15-(i & 15); j++)
 				cdprintf("   ");
 			for (j = 0; j < (i & 15); j++) {
-				if (issane(raw_event[i-15+j]))
+				if (isprint(raw_event[i-15+j]))
 					cdprintf("%c", raw_event[i-15+j]);
 				else
 					cdprintf(".");
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ctype.c b/tools/perf/util/ctype.c
index b90ec00..0b791bd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ctype.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ctype.c
@@ -11,16 +11,21 @@
 	D = GIT_DIGIT,
 	G = GIT_GLOB_SPECIAL,	/* *, ?, [, \\ */
 	R = GIT_REGEX_SPECIAL,	/* $, (, ), +, ., ^, {, | * */
+	P = GIT_PRINT_EXTRA,	/* printable - alpha - digit - glob - regex */
+
+	PS = GIT_SPACE | GIT_PRINT_EXTRA,
 };
 
 unsigned char sane_ctype[256] = {
+/*	0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C  D  E  F			    */
+
 	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, S, S, 0, 0, S, 0, 0,		/*   0.. 15 */
 	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,		/*  16.. 31 */
-	S, 0, 0, 0, R, 0, 0, 0, R, R, G, R, 0, 0, R, 0,		/*  32.. 47 */
-	D, D, D, D, D, D, D, D, D, D, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, G,		/*  48.. 63 */
-	0, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A,		/*  64.. 79 */
-	A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, G, G, 0, R, 0,		/*  80.. 95 */
-	0, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A,		/*  96..111 */
-	A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, R, R, 0, 0, 0,		/* 112..127 */
+	PS,P, P, P, R, P, P, P, R, R, G, R, P, P, R, P,		/*  32.. 47 */
+	D, D, D, D, D, D, D, D, D, D, P, P, P, P, P, G,		/*  48.. 63 */
+	P, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A,		/*  64.. 79 */
+	A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, G, G, P, R, P,		/*  80.. 95 */
+	P, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A,		/*  96..111 */
+	A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, R, R, P, P, 0,		/* 112..127 */
 	/* Nothing in the 128.. range */
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index ce9b514..b8cfed7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -100,11 +100,6 @@
 #include <iconv.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifndef NO_OPENSSL
-#include <openssl/ssl.h>
-#include <openssl/err.h>
-#endif
-
 /* On most systems <limits.h> would have given us this, but
  * not on some systems (e.g. GNU/Hurd).
  */
@@ -332,18 +327,20 @@
 #undef tolower
 #undef toupper
 extern unsigned char sane_ctype[256];
-#define GIT_SPACE 0x01
-#define GIT_DIGIT 0x02
-#define GIT_ALPHA 0x04
-#define GIT_GLOB_SPECIAL 0x08
-#define GIT_REGEX_SPECIAL 0x10
+#define GIT_SPACE		0x01
+#define GIT_DIGIT		0x02
+#define GIT_ALPHA		0x04
+#define GIT_GLOB_SPECIAL	0x08
+#define GIT_REGEX_SPECIAL	0x10
+#define GIT_PRINT_EXTRA		0x20
+#define GIT_PRINT		0x3E
 #define sane_istest(x,mask) ((sane_ctype[(unsigned char)(x)] & (mask)) != 0)
 #define isascii(x) (((x) & ~0x7f) == 0)
 #define isspace(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_SPACE)
 #define isdigit(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_DIGIT)
 #define isalpha(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_ALPHA)
 #define isalnum(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_ALPHA | GIT_DIGIT)
-#define issane(x)  sane_istest(x,GIT_SPACE | GIT_DIGIT | GIT_ALPHA | GIT_GLOB_SPECIAL | GIT_REGEX_SPECIAL)
+#define isprint(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_PRINT)
 #define is_glob_special(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_GLOB_SPECIAL)
 #define is_regex_special(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_GLOB_SPECIAL | GIT_REGEX_SPECIAL)
 #define tolower(x) sane_case((unsigned char)(x), 0x20)