diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index f0a1dbacb46c..5cecc1ad78e1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static int report_lock_acquire_event(struct evsel *evsel,
 	struct lock_seq_stat *seq;
 	const char *name = evsel__strval(evsel, sample, "name");
 	u64 tmp	 = evsel__intval(evsel, sample, "lockdep_addr");
-	int flag = evsel__intval(evsel, sample, "flag");
+	int flag = evsel__intval(evsel, sample, "flags");
 
 	memcpy(&addr, &tmp, sizeof(void *));