1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 315905c748fa..7059d1be2d09 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -733,8 +733,7 @@ static PyObject *get_perf_sample_dict(struct perf_sample *sample,
                 Py_FatalError("couldn't create Python dictionary");
 
         pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "ev_name", _PyUnicode_FromString(perf_evsel__name(evsel)));
-        pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "attr", _PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(
-                        (const char *)&evsel->attr, sizeof(evsel->attr)));
+        pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "attr", _PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((const char *)&evsel->attr, sizeof(evsel->attr)));
 
         pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "pid",
                         _PyLong_FromLong(sample->pid));