diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
index f80605eb1855..eacec859f299 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ static void perl_process_tracepoint(union perf_event *perf_event __maybe_unused,
 	ns = nsecs - s * NSECS_PER_SEC;
 
 	scripting_context->event_data = data;
+	scripting_context->pevent = evsel->tp_format->pevent;
 
 	ENTER;
 	SAVETMPS;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 14683dfca2ee..e87aa5d9696b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ static void python_process_tracepoint(union perf_event *perf_event
 	ns = nsecs - s * NSECS_PER_SEC;
 
 	scripting_context->event_data = data;
+	scripting_context->pevent = evsel->tp_format->pevent;
 
 	context = PyCObject_FromVoidPtr(scripting_context, NULL);