1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index 0688bfb6d280..f5bba4b8eb9e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evsel__open(struct pyrf_evsel *pevsel,
          * This will group just the fds for this single evsel, to group
          * multiple events, use evlist.open().
          */
-        if (perf_evsel__open(evsel, cpus, threads, group, NULL) < 0) {
+        if (perf_evsel__open(evsel, cpus, threads) < 0) {
                 PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
                 return NULL;
         }
@@ -824,7 +824,10 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__open(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
         if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|OOii", kwlist, &group))
                 return NULL;
 
-        if (perf_evlist__open(evlist, group) < 0) {
+        if (group)
+                perf_evlist__group(evlist);
+
+        if (perf_evlist__open(evlist) < 0) {
                 PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
                 return NULL;
         }