diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 897fc504918b..f075cf37a65e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -4280,6 +4280,7 @@ static int trace__replay(struct trace *trace)
 		goto out;
 
 	evsel = evlist__find_tracepoint_by_name(session->evlist, "raw_syscalls:sys_enter");
+	trace->syscalls.events.sys_enter = evsel;
 	/* older kernels have syscalls tp versus raw_syscalls */
 	if (evsel == NULL)
 		evsel = evlist__find_tracepoint_by_name(session->evlist, "syscalls:sys_enter");
@@ -4292,6 +4293,7 @@ static int trace__replay(struct trace *trace)
 	}
 
 	evsel = evlist__find_tracepoint_by_name(session->evlist, "raw_syscalls:sys_exit");
+	trace->syscalls.events.sys_exit = evsel;
 	if (evsel == NULL)
 		evsel = evlist__find_tracepoint_by_name(session->evlist, "syscalls:sys_exit");
 	if (evsel &&