diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index df6064ad9bf24b61c5dbc074c9bf68058b50158a..fcd29e8af29fe7cbb14e4563c906688f62e10f78 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -936,6 +936,8 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 	list_for_each_entry(pos, &evsel_list, node) {
 		if (perf_evsel__alloc_fd(pos, cpus->nr, threads->nr) < 0)
 			goto out_free_fd;
+		if (perf_header__push_event(pos->attr.config, event_name(pos)))
+			goto out_free_fd;
 	}
 	event_array = malloc((sizeof(struct pollfd) * MAX_NR_CPUS *
 			      MAX_COUNTERS * threads->nr));
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 1f4cfe5d32fc9db5aa40a1590e4803eecd570583..bc2732ee23eb3d1de29d56366ffb93afcea8aed9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -490,32 +490,6 @@ parse_multiple_tracepoint_event(char *sys_name, const char *evt_exp,
 	return EVT_HANDLED_ALL;
 }
 
-static int store_event_type(const char *orgname)
-{
-	char filename[PATH_MAX], *c;
-	FILE *file;
-	int id, n;
-
-	sprintf(filename, "%s/", debugfs_path);
-	strncat(filename, orgname, strlen(orgname));
-	strcat(filename, "/id");
-
-	c = strchr(filename, ':');
-	if (c)
-		*c = '/';
-
-	file = fopen(filename, "r");
-	if (!file)
-		return 0;
-	n = fscanf(file, "%i", &id);
-	fclose(file);
-	if (n < 1) {
-		pr_err("cannot store event ID\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	return perf_header__push_event(id, orgname);
-}
-
 static enum event_result parse_tracepoint_event(const char **strp,
 				    struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
@@ -559,9 +533,6 @@ static enum event_result parse_tracepoint_event(const char **strp,
 		return parse_multiple_tracepoint_event(sys_name, evt_name,
 						       flags);
 	} else {
-		if (store_event_type(evt_name) < 0)
-			return EVT_FAILED;
-
 		return parse_single_tracepoint_event(sys_name, evt_name,
 						     evt_length, attr, strp);
 	}