diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index abd4b8497bc4..29e7ffd85690 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -1843,15 +1843,15 @@ static const char *record_args[] = {
 	"-f",
 	"-m", "1024",
 	"-c", "1",
-	"-e", "sched:sched_switch:r",
-	"-e", "sched:sched_stat_wait:r",
-	"-e", "sched:sched_stat_sleep:r",
-	"-e", "sched:sched_stat_iowait:r",
-	"-e", "sched:sched_stat_runtime:r",
-	"-e", "sched:sched_process_exit:r",
-	"-e", "sched:sched_process_fork:r",
-	"-e", "sched:sched_wakeup:r",
-	"-e", "sched:sched_migrate_task:r",
+	"-e", "sched:sched_switch",
+	"-e", "sched:sched_stat_wait",
+	"-e", "sched:sched_stat_sleep",
+	"-e", "sched:sched_stat_iowait",
+	"-e", "sched:sched_stat_runtime",
+	"-e", "sched:sched_process_exit",
+	"-e", "sched:sched_process_fork",
+	"-e", "sched:sched_wakeup",
+	"-e", "sched:sched_migrate_task",
 };
 
 static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)