return 0;
 }
 
-static void evlist__set_evsel_handler(struct evlist *evlist, void *handler)
+static void evlist__set_default_evsel_handler(struct evlist *evlist, void *handler)
 {
        struct evsel *evsel;
 
-       evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel)
-               evsel->handler = handler;
+       evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+               if (evsel->handler == NULL)
+                       evsel->handler = handler;
+       }
 }
 
 static int evlist__set_syscall_tp_fields(struct evlist *evlist)
        }
 
        if (trace.evlist->core.nr_entries > 0) {
-               evlist__set_evsel_handler(trace.evlist, trace__event_handler);
+               evlist__set_default_evsel_handler(trace.evlist, trace__event_handler);
                if (evlist__set_syscall_tp_fields(trace.evlist)) {
                        perror("failed to set syscalls:* tracepoint fields");
                        goto out;