diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index c286b49..257dd06 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -446,9 +446,9 @@
 }
 
 static void process_event(union perf_event *event, struct perf_sample *sample,
-			  struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct thread *thread,
-			  struct addr_location *al)
+			  struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct addr_location *al)
 {
+	struct thread *thread = al->thread;
 	struct perf_event_attr *attr = &evsel->attr;
 
 	if (output[attr->type].fields == 0)
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
 	if (cpu_list && !test_bit(sample->cpu, cpu_bitmap))
 		return 0;
 
-	scripting_ops->process_event(event, sample, evsel, al.thread, &al);
+	scripting_ops->process_event(event, sample, evsel, &al);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
index 8171fed..430b5d2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -360,10 +360,9 @@
 static void perl_process_event(union perf_event *event,
 			       struct perf_sample *sample,
 			       struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-			       struct thread *thread,
-			       struct addr_location *al __maybe_unused)
+			       struct addr_location *al)
 {
-	perl_process_tracepoint(sample, evsel, thread);
+	perl_process_tracepoint(sample, evsel, al->thread);
 	perl_process_event_generic(event, sample, evsel);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 2ec5dfb..de8df1d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@
 
 static void python_process_tracepoint(struct perf_sample *sample,
 				      struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-				      struct thread *thread,
 				      struct addr_location *al)
 {
 	struct event_format *event = evsel->tp_format;
@@ -395,7 +394,7 @@
 	int cpu = sample->cpu;
 	void *data = sample->raw_data;
 	unsigned long long nsecs = sample->time;
-	const char *comm = thread__comm_str(thread);
+	const char *comm = thread__comm_str(al->thread);
 
 	t = PyTuple_New(MAX_FIELDS);
 	if (!t)
@@ -766,7 +765,6 @@
 
 static void python_process_general_event(struct perf_sample *sample,
 					 struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-					 struct thread *thread,
 					 struct addr_location *al)
 {
 	PyObject *handler, *t, *dict, *callchain, *dict_sample;
@@ -816,7 +814,7 @@
 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "raw_buf", PyString_FromStringAndSize(
 			(const char *)sample->raw_data, sample->raw_size));
 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "comm",
-			PyString_FromString(thread__comm_str(thread)));
+			PyString_FromString(thread__comm_str(al->thread)));
 	if (al->map) {
 		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "dso",
 			PyString_FromString(al->map->dso->name));
@@ -843,22 +841,21 @@
 static void python_process_event(union perf_event *event,
 				 struct perf_sample *sample,
 				 struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-				 struct thread *thread,
 				 struct addr_location *al)
 {
 	struct tables *tables = &tables_global;
 
 	switch (evsel->attr.type) {
 	case PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT:
-		python_process_tracepoint(sample, evsel, thread, al);
+		python_process_tracepoint(sample, evsel, al);
 		break;
 	/* Reserve for future process_hw/sw/raw APIs */
 	default:
 		if (tables->db_export_mode)
 			db_export__sample(&tables->dbe, event, sample, evsel,
-					  thread, al);
+					  al->thread, al);
 		else
-			python_process_general_event(sample, evsel, thread, al);
+			python_process_general_event(sample, evsel, al);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
index 5c9bdd1..9df6105 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 static void process_event_unsupported(union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
 				      struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
 				      struct perf_evsel *evsel __maybe_unused,
-				      struct thread *thread __maybe_unused,
 				      struct addr_location *al __maybe_unused)
 {
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index 356629a..d5168f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@
 	void (*process_event) (union perf_event *event,
 			       struct perf_sample *sample,
 			       struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-			       struct thread *thread,
-				   struct addr_location *al);
+			       struct addr_location *al);
 	int (*generate_script) (struct pevent *pevent, const char *outfile);
 };