diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index d27d1b921efa8..3ccf5a9dab335 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1736,6 +1736,7 @@ static const char * const report_usage[] = {
 static struct perf_stat perf_stat = {
 	.tool = {
 		.attr		= perf_event__process_attr,
+		.event_update	= perf_event__process_event_update,
 		.thread_map	= process_thread_map_event,
 		.cpu_map	= process_cpu_map_event,
 		.stat_config	= process_stat_config_event,