1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index f572f469a30d..a59710f88d8a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ static void apply_config_terms(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
                 switch (term->type) {
                 case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_PERIOD:
                         attr->sample_period = term->val.period;
+                        attr->freq = 0;
                         break;
                 case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_TIME:
                         if (term->val.time)