diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 34ba840ae19a..707c53f1be09 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1492,9 +1492,9 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 	} else {
 		memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
 	}
+	attr.type = pmu->type;
 
 	if (!head_config) {
-		attr.type = pmu->type;
 		evsel = __add_event(list, &parse_state->idx, &attr,
 				    /*init_attr=*/true, /*name=*/NULL,
 				    /*metric_id=*/NULL, pmu,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index ad209c88a124..cb33d869f1ed 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -1398,7 +1398,6 @@ int perf_pmu__config(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 {
 	bool zero = !!pmu->default_config;
 
-	attr->type = pmu->type;
 	return perf_pmu__config_terms(pmu->name, &pmu->format, attr,
 				      head_terms, zero, err);
 }