diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 1d826d63bc20..ea51a90e20a0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ void perf_evsel__config(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct record_opts *opts)
 	if (opts->sample_weight)
 		perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, WEIGHT);
 
+	attr->task  = track;
 	attr->mmap  = track;
 	attr->mmap2 = track && !perf_missing_features.mmap2;
 	attr->comm  = track;