diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index a9f2d7e..f5e3845 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -498,11 +498,11 @@
 	struct cpu_map *cpus = NULL;
 	struct thread_map *threads = NULL;
 	PyObject *pcpus = NULL, *pthreads = NULL;
-	int group = 0, overwrite = 0;
-	static char *kwlist[] = {"cpus", "threads", "group", "overwrite", NULL, NULL};
+	int group = 0, inherit = 0;
+	static char *kwlist[] = {"cpus", "threads", "group", "inherit", NULL, NULL};
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|OOii", kwlist,
-					 &pcpus, &pthreads, &group, &overwrite))
+					 &pcpus, &pthreads, &group, &inherit))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (pthreads != NULL)
@@ -511,7 +511,8 @@
 	if (pcpus != NULL)
 		cpus = ((struct pyrf_cpu_map *)pcpus)->cpus;
 
-	if (perf_evsel__open(evsel, cpus, threads, group, overwrite) < 0) {
+	evsel->attr.inherit = inherit;
+	if (perf_evsel__open(evsel, cpus, threads, group) < 0) {
 		PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
 		return NULL;
 	}