diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 21fd573106ed..f3225a2e6eee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1728,7 +1728,6 @@ int perf_evsel__parse_sample(struct perf_evsel *evsel, union perf_event *event,
 	data->cpu = data->pid = data->tid = -1;
 	data->stream_id = data->id = data->time = -1ULL;
 	data->period = evsel->attr.sample_period;
-	data->weight = 0;
 	data->cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
 
 	if (event->header.type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE) {
@@ -1935,7 +1934,6 @@ int perf_evsel__parse_sample(struct perf_evsel *evsel, union perf_event *event,
 		}
 	}
 
-	data->weight = 0;
 	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT) {
 		OVERFLOW_CHECK_u64(array);
 		data->weight = *array;