diff --git a/src/lib/eolian/database_validate.c b/src/lib/eolian/database_validate.c
index a24105c607..d0bf40d17a 100644
--- a/src/lib/eolian/database_validate.c
+++ b/src/lib/eolian/database_validate.c
@@ -646,11 +646,11 @@ _validate_event(Validate_State *vals, Eolian_Event *event, Eina_Hash *nhash)
           }
         /* any type past builtin value types and containers is not allowed,
          * any_value is allowed but passed as const reference, any_value_ref
-         * is not; string is allowed, but mutable strings or stringshares are
+         * is not; string and stringshare is allowed, but mutable strings are
          * not and neither are string buffers, the type is never owned by the
          * callee, so all strings passed in are unowned and read-only
          */
-        if (kwid >= KW_any_value_ref && kwid != KW_string)
+        if (kwid >= KW_any_value_ref && kwid != KW_string && kwid != KW_stringshare)
           {
              _eo_parser_log(&tp->base, "forbidden event type");
              return _reset_stable(vals, was_stable, EINA_FALSE);