diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index cf65404472cb..b366b48646ca 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ static void python_process_general_event(struct perf_sample *sample,
 					 struct thread *thread,
 					 struct addr_location *al)
 {
-	PyObject *handler, *retval, *t, *dict, *callchain;
+	PyObject *handler, *retval, *t, *dict, *callchain, *dict_sample;
 	static char handler_name[64];
 	unsigned n = 0;
 
@@ -489,6 +489,10 @@ static void python_process_general_event(struct perf_sample *sample,
 	if (!dict)
 		Py_FatalError("couldn't create Python dictionary");
 
+	dict_sample = PyDict_New();
+	if (!dict_sample)
+		Py_FatalError("couldn't create Python dictionary");
+
 	snprintf(handler_name, sizeof(handler_name), "%s", "process_event");
 
 	handler = PyDict_GetItemString(main_dict, handler_name);
@@ -498,8 +502,21 @@ static void python_process_general_event(struct perf_sample *sample,
 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "ev_name", PyString_FromString(perf_evsel__name(evsel)));
 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "attr", PyString_FromStringAndSize(
 			(const char *)&evsel->attr, sizeof(evsel->attr)));
-	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "sample", PyString_FromStringAndSize(
-			(const char *)sample, sizeof(*sample)));
+
+	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "pid",
+			PyInt_FromLong(sample->pid));
+	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "tid",
+			PyInt_FromLong(sample->tid));
+	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "cpu",
+			PyInt_FromLong(sample->cpu));
+	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "ip",
+			PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(sample->ip));
+	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "time",
+			PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(sample->time));
+	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "period",
+			PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(sample->period));
+	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "sample", dict_sample);
+
 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "raw_buf", PyString_FromStringAndSize(
 			(const char *)sample->raw_data, sample->raw_size));
 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "comm",