diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 7fca844ced0b..41799596c045 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -247,6 +247,22 @@ static void perf_evsel__delete_priv(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 	perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
 }
 
+static int perf_evsel__init_syscall_tp(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+	struct syscall_tp *sc = evsel->priv = malloc(sizeof(struct syscall_tp));
+
+	if (evsel->priv != NULL) {
+		if (perf_evsel__init_tp_uint_field(evsel, &sc->id, "__syscall_nr"))
+			goto out_delete;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -ENOMEM;
+out_delete:
+	zfree(&evsel->priv);
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
 static int perf_evsel__init_raw_syscall_tp(struct perf_evsel *evsel, void *handler)
 {
 	evsel->priv = malloc(sizeof(struct syscall_tp));
@@ -2977,6 +2993,36 @@ static void evlist__set_evsel_handler(struct perf_evlist *evlist, void *handler)
 		evsel->handler = handler;
 }
 
+static int evlist__set_syscall_tp_fields(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+		if (evsel->priv || !evsel->tp_format)
+			continue;
+
+		if (strcmp(evsel->tp_format->system, "syscalls"))
+			continue;
+
+		if (perf_evsel__init_syscall_tp(evsel))
+			return -1;
+
+		if (!strncmp(evsel->tp_format->name, "sys_enter_", 10)) {
+			struct syscall_tp *sc = evsel->priv;
+
+			if (__tp_field__init_ptr(&sc->args, sc->id.offset + sizeof(u64)))
+				return -1;
+		} else if (!strncmp(evsel->tp_format->name, "sys_exit_", 9)) {
+			struct syscall_tp *sc = evsel->priv;
+
+			if (__tp_field__init_uint(&sc->ret, sizeof(u64), sc->id.offset + sizeof(u64), evsel->needs_swap))
+				return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * XXX: Hackish, just splitting the combined -e+--event (syscalls
  * (raw_syscalls:{sys_{enter,exit}} + events (tracepoints, HW, SW, etc) to use
@@ -3236,8 +3282,13 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv)
 		symbol_conf.use_callchain = true;
 	}
 
-	if (trace.evlist->nr_entries > 0)
+	if (trace.evlist->nr_entries > 0) {
 		evlist__set_evsel_handler(trace.evlist, trace__event_handler);
+		if (evlist__set_syscall_tp_fields(trace.evlist)) {
+			perror("failed to set syscalls:* tracepoint fields");
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 
 	if ((argc >= 1) && (strcmp(argv[0], "record") == 0))
 		return trace__record(&trace, argc-1, &argv[1]);