diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index ed4c5e637e24..838e179a2573 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1309,7 +1309,8 @@ static const struct syscall_fmt syscall_fmts[] = {
 	{ .name	    = "pread", .alias = "pread64", },
 	{ .name	    = "preadv", .alias = "pread", },
 	{ .name	    = "prlimit64",
-	  .arg = { [1] = STRARRAY(resource, rlimit_resources), }, },
+	  .arg = { [1] = STRARRAY(resource, rlimit_resources),
+		   [2] = { .from_user = true /* new_rlim */, }, }, },
 	{ .name	    = "pwrite", .alias = "pwrite64", },
 	{ .name	    = "readlinkat",
 	  .arg = { [0] = { .scnprintf = SCA_FDAT, /* dfd */ }, }, },
@@ -1352,7 +1353,8 @@ static const struct syscall_fmt syscall_fmts[] = {
 	{ .name	    = "setitimer",
 	  .arg = { [0] = STRARRAY(which, itimers), }, },
 	{ .name	    = "setrlimit",
-	  .arg = { [0] = STRARRAY(resource, rlimit_resources), }, },
+	  .arg = { [0] = STRARRAY(resource, rlimit_resources),
+		   [1] = { .from_user = true /* rlim */, }, }, },
 	{ .name	    = "setsockopt",
 	  .arg = { [1] = STRARRAY(level, socket_level), }, },
 	{ .name	    = "socket",