diff --git a/perf/collector_libpfm.go b/perf/collector_libpfm.go
index 5637f7af4f..cbc646ba10 100644
--- a/perf/collector_libpfm.go
+++ b/perf/collector_libpfm.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package perf
 // #cgo LDFLAGS: -lpfm
 // #include <perfmon/pfmlib.h>
 // #include <stdlib.h>
+// #include <string.h>
 import "C"
 
 import (
@@ -231,8 +232,18 @@ func (c *collector) setup() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func readPerfEventAttr(name string) (*unix.PerfEventAttr, error) {
+func readPerfEventAttr(name string, pfmGetOsEventEncoding func(string, unsafe.Pointer) error) (*unix.PerfEventAttr, error) {
 	perfEventAttrMemory := C.malloc(C.ulong(unsafe.Sizeof(unix.PerfEventAttr{})))
+	// Fill memory with 0 values.
+	C.memset(perfEventAttrMemory, 0, C.ulong(unsafe.Sizeof(unix.PerfEventAttr{})))
+	err := pfmGetOsEventEncoding(name, unsafe.Pointer(perfEventAttrMemory))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return (*unix.PerfEventAttr)(perfEventAttrMemory), nil
+}
+
+func pfmGetOsEventEncoding(name string, perfEventAttrMemory unsafe.Pointer) error {
 	event := pfmPerfEncodeArgT{}
 	fstr := C.CString("")
 	event.fstr = unsafe.Pointer(fstr)
@@ -241,10 +252,9 @@ func readPerfEventAttr(name string) (*unix.PerfEventAttr, error) {
 	cSafeName := C.CString(name)
 	pErr := C.pfm_get_os_event_encoding(cSafeName, C.PFM_PLM0|C.PFM_PLM3, C.PFM_OS_PERF_EVENT, unsafe.Pointer(&event))
 	if pErr != C.PFM_SUCCESS {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to transform event name %s to perf_event_attr: %d", name, int(pErr))
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to transform event name %s to perf_event_attr: %d", name, int(pErr))
 	}
-
-	return (*unix.PerfEventAttr)(perfEventAttrMemory), nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 type eventInfo struct {
@@ -408,7 +418,7 @@ func (c *collector) createConfigFromRawEvent(event *CustomEvent) *unix.PerfEvent
 func (c *collector) createConfigFromEvent(event Event) (*unix.PerfEventAttr, error) {
 	klog.V(5).Infof("Setting up perf event %s", string(event))
 
-	config, err := readPerfEventAttr(string(event))
+	config, err := readPerfEventAttr(string(event), pfmGetOsEventEncoding)
 	if err != nil {
 		C.free((unsafe.Pointer)(config))
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/perf/collector_libpfm_test.go b/perf/collector_libpfm_test.go
index 4bd96880c7..7e484c538e 100644
--- a/perf/collector_libpfm_test.go
+++ b/perf/collector_libpfm_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -387,3 +390,42 @@ func TestReadPerfStat(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestReadPerfEventAttr(t *testing.T) {
+	var testCases = []struct {
+		expected      *unix.PerfEventAttr
+		pfmMockedFunc func(string, unsafe.Pointer) error
+	}{
+		{
+			&unix.PerfEventAttr{
+				Type:               0,
+				Size:               0,
+				Config:             0,
+				Sample:             0,
+				Sample_type:        0,
+				Read_format:        0,
+				Bits:               0,
+				Wakeup:             0,
+				Bp_type:            0,
+				Ext1:               0,
+				Ext2:               0,
+				Branch_sample_type: 0,
+				Sample_regs_user:   0,
+				Sample_stack_user:  0,
+				Clockid:            0,
+				Sample_regs_intr:   0,
+				Aux_watermark:      0,
+				Sample_max_stack:   0,
+			},
+			func(s string, pointer unsafe.Pointer) error {
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range testCases {
+		got, err := readPerfEventAttr("event_name", test.pfmMockedFunc)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, test.expected, got)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/perf/uncore_libpfm.go b/perf/uncore_libpfm.go
index d32dedfb41..fdd35a34b6 100644
--- a/perf/uncore_libpfm.go
+++ b/perf/uncore_libpfm.go
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func (c *uncoreCollector) setupEvent(name string, pmus uncorePMUs, groupIndex in
 
 	klog.V(5).Infof("Setting up uncore perf event %s", name)
 
-	config, err := readPerfEventAttr(name)
+	config, err := readPerfEventAttr(name, pfmGetOsEventEncoding)
 	if err != nil {
 		C.free((unsafe.Pointer)(config))
 		return err