diff --git a/tools/perf/util/db-export.c b/tools/perf/util/db-export.c
index 5499887edc469250731cbb3bae53d7d02f76390c..bb39a3ffc70b3951f88f9260f01836cc4e959fc9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/db-export.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/db-export.c
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ int db_export__sample(struct db_export *dbe, union perf_event *event,
 		.event = event,
 		.sample = sample,
 		.evsel = evsel,
-		.thread = thread,
 		.al = al,
 	};
 	struct thread *main_thread;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/db-export.h b/tools/perf/util/db-export.h
index b9faa1386cf4a83de077716b322720cfbaa44f1e..25e22fd76aca1537813b9278db205993ca45075b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/db-export.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/db-export.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ struct export_sample {
 	union perf_event	*event;
 	struct perf_sample	*sample;
 	struct perf_evsel	*evsel;
-	struct thread		*thread;
 	struct addr_location	*al;
 	u64			db_id;
 	u64			comm_db_id;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 1d3cc1b0173160843a616c909ad7ba20fcc0f711..5544b8cdd1ee4b777338b4767df30b080041a33c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ static int python_export_sample(struct db_export *dbe,
 	tuple_set_u64(t, 0, es->db_id);
 	tuple_set_u64(t, 1, es->evsel->db_id);
 	tuple_set_u64(t, 2, es->al->machine->db_id);
-	tuple_set_u64(t, 3, es->thread->db_id);
+	tuple_set_u64(t, 3, es->al->thread->db_id);
 	tuple_set_u64(t, 4, es->comm_db_id);
 	tuple_set_u64(t, 5, es->dso_db_id);
 	tuple_set_u64(t, 6, es->sym_db_id);