1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 40a6a2992d15..deda1a93131e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ static struct scripting_ops	*scripting_ops;
 
 static void setup_scripting(void)
 {
-        /* make sure PERF_EXEC_PATH is set for scripts */
-        perf_set_argv_exec_path(perf_exec_path());
-
         setup_perl_scripting();
         setup_python_scripting();
 
@@ -285,7 +282,7 @@ static int parse_scriptname(const struct option *opt __used,
                 script++;
         } else {
                 script = str;
-                ext = strchr(script, '.');
+                ext = strrchr(script, '.');
                 if (!ext) {
                         fprintf(stderr, "invalid script extension");
                         return -1;
@@ -593,6 +590,9 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
                 suffix = REPORT_SUFFIX;
         }
 
+        /* make sure PERF_EXEC_PATH is set for scripts */
+        perf_set_argv_exec_path(perf_exec_path());
+
         if (!suffix && argc >= 2 && strncmp(argv[1], "-", strlen("-")) != 0) {
                 char *record_script_path, *report_script_path;
                 int live_pipe[2];