diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 3371721a05f2f71a0f4bb0258b81979308bf7936..a23f54793e51c83a5bb5d9c50d2c6d3c7a3df32e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1316,6 +1316,7 @@ int perf_event_attr__fprintf(FILE *fp, struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 	PRINT_ATTRf(comm_exec, p_unsigned);
 	PRINT_ATTRf(use_clockid, p_unsigned);
 	PRINT_ATTRf(context_switch, p_unsigned);
+	PRINT_ATTRf(write_backward, p_unsigned);
 
 	PRINT_ATTRn("{ wakeup_events, wakeup_watermark }", wakeup_events, p_unsigned);
 	PRINT_ATTRf(bp_type, p_unsigned);