diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index e968373..a0ae290 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -484,6 +484,8 @@
 	}
 	cmd = argv[0];
 
+	test_attr__init();
+
 	/*
 	 * We use PATH to find perf commands, but we prepend some higher
 	 * precedence paths: the "--exec-path" option, the PERF_EXEC_PATH