diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index bb5130d02155..a5201de1a191 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -3979,9 +3979,9 @@ do_concat:
 	err = 0;
 
 	if (lists[0]) {
-		struct option o = OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", &trace->evlist, "event",
-					       "event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
-					       parse_events_option);
+		struct option o = {
+			.value = &trace->evlist,
+		};
 		err = parse_events_option(&o, lists[0], 0);
 	}
 out:
@@ -3995,9 +3995,12 @@ static int trace__parse_cgroups(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int u
 {
 	struct trace *trace = opt->value;
 
-	if (!list_empty(&trace->evlist->core.entries))
-		return parse_cgroups(opt, str, unset);
-
+	if (!list_empty(&trace->evlist->core.entries)) {
+		struct option o = {
+			.value = &trace->evlist,
+		};
+		return parse_cgroups(&o, str, unset);
+	}
 	trace->cgroup = evlist__findnew_cgroup(trace->evlist, str);
 
 	return 0;