int             max;
                struct syscall  *table;
                struct {
-                       struct perf_evsel *enter,
-                                         *exit;
+                       struct perf_evsel *sys_enter,
+                                         *sys_exit;
                }               events;
        } syscalls;
        struct record_opts      opts;
        FILE                    *output;
        unsigned long           nr_events;
        struct strlist          *ev_qualifier;
+       struct {
+               size_t          nr;
+               int             *entries;
+       }                       ev_qualifier_ids;
        const char              *last_vfs_getname;
        struct intlist          *tid_list;
        struct intlist          *pid_list;
 
 static int trace__validate_ev_qualifier(struct trace *trace)
 {
-       int err = 0;
+       int err = 0, i;
        struct str_node *pos;
 
+       trace->ev_qualifier_ids.nr = strlist__nr_entries(trace->ev_qualifier);
+       trace->ev_qualifier_ids.entries = malloc(trace->ev_qualifier_ids.nr *
+                                                sizeof(trace->ev_qualifier_ids.entries[0]));
+
+       if (trace->ev_qualifier_ids.entries == NULL) {
+               fputs("Error:\tNot enough memory for allocating events qualifier ids\n",
+                      trace->output);
+               err = -EINVAL;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
+       i = 0;
+
        strlist__for_each(pos, trace->ev_qualifier) {
                const char *sc = pos->s;
+               int id = audit_name_to_syscall(sc, trace->audit.machine);
 
-               if (audit_name_to_syscall(sc, trace->audit.machine) < 0) {
+               if (id < 0) {
                        if (err == 0) {
                                fputs("Error:\tInvalid syscall ", trace->output);
                                err = -EINVAL;
 
                        fputs(sc, trace->output);
                }
+
+               trace->ev_qualifier_ids.entries[i++] = id;
        }
 
        if (err < 0) {
                fputs("\nHint:\ttry 'perf list syscalls:sys_enter_*'"
                      "\nHint:\tand: 'man syscalls'\n", trace->output);
+               zfree(&trace->ev_qualifier_ids.entries);
+               trace->ev_qualifier_ids.nr = 0;
        }
-
+out:
        return err;
 }
 
        perf_evlist__add(evlist, sys_enter);
        perf_evlist__add(evlist, sys_exit);
 
-       trace->syscalls.events.enter = sys_enter;
-       trace->syscalls.events.exit  = sys_exit;
+       trace->syscalls.events.sys_enter = sys_enter;
+       trace->syscalls.events.sys_exit  = sys_exit;
 
        ret = 0;
 out: