diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
index d50658b7d9e0fb31b82649d18674175ffb0b62ed..4c1b3d72a1d2d24093733018674024e42723a548 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ INTERP my_perl;
 #define FTRACE_MAX_EVENT				\
 	((1 << (sizeof(unsigned short) * 8)) - 1)
 
-struct event *events[FTRACE_MAX_EVENT];
+struct event_format *events[FTRACE_MAX_EVENT];
 
 extern struct scripting_context *scripting_context;
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static void define_flag_field(const char *ev_name,
 	LEAVE;
 }
 
-static void define_event_symbols(struct event *event,
+static void define_event_symbols(struct event_format *event,
 				 const char *ev_name,
 				 struct print_arg *args)
 {
@@ -233,10 +233,10 @@ static void define_event_symbols(struct event *event,
 		define_event_symbols(event, ev_name, args->next);
 }
 
-static inline struct event *find_cache_event(int type)
+static inline struct event_format *find_cache_event(int type)
 {
 	static char ev_name[256];
-	struct event *event;
+	struct event_format *event;
 
 	if (events[type])
 		return events[type];
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void perl_process_tracepoint(union perf_event *pevent __unused,
 	static char handler[256];
 	unsigned long long val;
 	unsigned long s, ns;
-	struct event *event;
+	struct event_format *event;
 	int type;
 	int pid;
 	int cpu = sample->cpu;
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static int perl_stop_script(void)
 
 static int perl_generate_script(const char *outfile)
 {
-	struct event *event = NULL;
+	struct event_format *event = NULL;
 	struct format_field *f;
 	char fname[PATH_MAX];
 	int not_first, count;