diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index d5adc417a4ca..40b179f54428 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int set_tracing_pid(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < perf_thread_map__nr(ftrace->evlist->core.threads); i++) {
 		scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d",
-			  ftrace->evlist->core.threads->map[i]);
+			  perf_thread_map__pid(ftrace->evlist->core.threads, i));
 		if (append_tracing_file("set_ftrace_pid", buf) < 0)
 			return -1;
 	}