static int trace__set_ev_qualifier_filter(struct trace *trace)
 {
        int err = -1;
+       struct perf_evsel *sys_exit;
        char *filter = asprintf_expr_inout_ints("id", !trace->not_ev_qualifier,
                                                trace->ev_qualifier_ids.nr,
                                                trace->ev_qualifier_ids.entries);
        if (filter == NULL)
                goto out_enomem;
 
-       if (!perf_evsel__append_filter(trace->syscalls.events.sys_enter, "&&", filter))
-               err = perf_evsel__append_filter(trace->syscalls.events.sys_exit, "&&", filter);
+       if (!perf_evsel__append_filter(trace->syscalls.events.sys_enter,
+                                      "(%s) && (%s)", filter)) {
+               sys_exit = trace->syscalls.events.sys_exit;
+               err = perf_evsel__append_filter(sys_exit,
+                                               "(%s) && (%s)", filter);
+       }
 
        free(filter);
 out:
 
 }
 
 int perf_evsel__append_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-                             const char *op, const char *filter)
+                             const char *fmt, const char *filter)
 {
        char *new_filter;
 
        if (evsel->filter == NULL)
                return perf_evsel__set_filter(evsel, filter);
 
-       if (asprintf(&new_filter,"(%s) %s (%s)", evsel->filter, op, filter) > 0) {
+       if (asprintf(&new_filter, fmt, evsel->filter, filter) > 0) {
                free(evsel->filter);
                evsel->filter = new_filter;
                return 0;
 
 
 int perf_evsel__set_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const char *filter);
 int perf_evsel__append_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-                             const char *op, const char *filter);
+                             const char *fmt, const char *filter);
 int perf_evsel__apply_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads,
                             const char *filter);
 int perf_evsel__enable(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 
                return -1;
        }
 
-       if (perf_evsel__append_filter(evsel, "&&", str) < 0) {
+       if (perf_evsel__append_filter(evsel, "(%s) && (%s)", str) < 0) {
                fprintf(stderr,
                        "not enough memory to hold filter string\n");
                return -1;
 
        snprintf(new_filter, sizeof(new_filter), "common_pid != %d", getpid());
 
-       if (perf_evsel__append_filter(evsel, "&&", new_filter) < 0) {
+       if (perf_evsel__append_filter(evsel, "(%s) && (%s)", new_filter) < 0) {
                fprintf(stderr,
                        "not enough memory to hold filter string\n");
                return -1;