diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index d222d7f..6198eb1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
 
 static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	struct perf_evlist *evlist = perf_evlist__new(NULL, NULL);
+	struct perf_evlist *evlist = perf_evlist__new();
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 	int err = -1, i;
 	unsigned long before;