diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 02b2d80..2dfcb61 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -683,8 +683,7 @@
 		nr_counters = ARRAY_SIZE(default_attrs);
 
 		for (c = 0; c < ARRAY_SIZE(default_attrs); ++c) {
-			pos = perf_evsel__new(default_attrs[c].type,
-					      default_attrs[c].config,
+			pos = perf_evsel__new(&default_attrs[c],
 					      nr_counters);
 			if (pos == NULL)
 				goto out;