diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 7c57898095ea3..71e64bdca86fc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ static struct syscall_fmt {
 	  .arg = { [2] = { .scnprintf = SCA_GETRANDOM_FLAGS, /* flags */ }, }, },
 	{ .name	    = "getrlimit",
 	  .arg = { [0] = STRARRAY(resource, rlimit_resources), }, },
+	{ .name	    = "gettid",	    .errpid = true, },
 	{ .name	    = "ioctl",
 	  .arg = {
 #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)