diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/pid.c b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/pid.c
index 111ae08d38f1..07486ea65ae3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/pid.c
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/pid.c
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_pid(char *bf, size_t size, struct syscall_a
 	int pid = arg->val;
 	struct trace *trace = arg->trace;
 	size_t printed = scnprintf(bf, size, "%d", pid);
-	struct thread *thread = machine__find_thread(trace->host, pid, pid);
+	struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(trace->host, pid, pid);
 
 	if (thread != NULL) {
+		if (!thread->comm_set)
+			thread__set_comm_from_proc(thread);
+
 		if (thread->comm_set)
 			printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed,
 					     " (%s)", thread__comm_str(thread));