diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
index ff8b52e6d47553cb1d46923165365b875e3da8c3..da379328442c9c5f119b1a9c251aade235e4d9ee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static void arm_spe_prep_sample(struct arm_spe *spe,
 	struct arm_spe_record *record = &speq->decoder->record;
 
 	if (!spe->timeless_decoding)
-		sample->time = speq->timestamp;
+		sample->time = tsc_to_perf_time(record->timestamp, &spe->tc);
 
 	sample->ip = record->from_ip;
 	sample->cpumode = arm_spe_cpumode(spe, sample->ip);