diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 6198eb1..1de3971 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -461,7 +461,8 @@
 	signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
 
 	if (forks) {
-		err = perf_evlist__prepare_workload(evlist, &trace->opts, argv);
+		err = perf_evlist__prepare_workload(evlist, &trace->opts.target,
+						    &trace->opts, argv);
 		if (err < 0) {
 			printf("Couldn't run the workload!\n");
 			goto out_delete_evlist;