diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 68f36dc0344f..9b43bda45a41 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -1955,6 +1955,16 @@ static int perf_script__fopen_per_event_dump(struct perf_script *script)
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 
 	evlist__for_each_entry(script->session->evlist, evsel) {
+		/*
+		 * Already setup? I.e. we may be called twice in cases like
+		 * Intel PT, one for the intel_pt// and dummy events, then
+		 * for the evsels syntheized from the auxtrace info.
+		 *
+		 * Ses perf_script__process_auxtrace_info.
+		 */
+		if (evsel->priv != NULL)
+			continue;
+
 		evsel->priv = perf_evsel_script__new(evsel, script->session->data);
 		if (evsel->priv == NULL)
 			goto out_err_fclose;
@@ -2838,6 +2848,25 @@ int process_cpu_map_event(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 	return set_maps(script);
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_AUXTRACE_SUPPORT
+static int perf_script__process_auxtrace_info(struct perf_tool *tool,
+					      union perf_event *event,
+					      struct perf_session *session)
+{
+	int ret = perf_event__process_auxtrace_info(tool, event, session);
+
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		struct perf_script *script = container_of(tool, struct perf_script, tool);
+
+		ret = perf_script__setup_per_event_dump(script);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+#else
+#define perf_script__process_auxtrace_info 0
+#endif
+
 int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	bool show_full_info = false;
@@ -2866,7 +2895,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 			.feature	 = perf_event__process_feature,
 			.build_id	 = perf_event__process_build_id,
 			.id_index	 = perf_event__process_id_index,
-			.auxtrace_info	 = perf_event__process_auxtrace_info,
+			.auxtrace_info	 = perf_script__process_auxtrace_info,
 			.auxtrace	 = perf_event__process_auxtrace,
 			.auxtrace_error	 = perf_event__process_auxtrace_error,
 			.stat		 = perf_event__process_stat_event,