diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/event.h b/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/event.h
index baf64ea74e10..4a24b855d3ce 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/event.h
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/event.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <sys/types.h> /* pid_t */
 
+#define event_contains(obj, mem) ((obj).header.size > offsetof(typeof(obj), mem))
+
 struct perf_record_mmap {
 	struct perf_event_header header;
 	__u32			 pid, tid;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
index 055bab7a92b3..64d8f9ba8c03 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
@@ -369,21 +369,31 @@ jit_inject_event(struct jit_buf_desc *jd, union perf_event *event)
 
 static uint64_t convert_timestamp(struct jit_buf_desc *jd, uint64_t timestamp)
 {
-	struct perf_tsc_conversion tc;
+	struct perf_tsc_conversion tc = { .time_shift = 0, };
+	struct perf_record_time_conv *time_conv = &jd->session->time_conv;
 
 	if (!jd->use_arch_timestamp)
 		return timestamp;
 
-	tc.time_shift	       = jd->session->time_conv.time_shift;
-	tc.time_mult	       = jd->session->time_conv.time_mult;
-	tc.time_zero	       = jd->session->time_conv.time_zero;
-	tc.time_cycles	       = jd->session->time_conv.time_cycles;
-	tc.time_mask	       = jd->session->time_conv.time_mask;
-	tc.cap_user_time_zero  = jd->session->time_conv.cap_user_time_zero;
-	tc.cap_user_time_short = jd->session->time_conv.cap_user_time_short;
+	tc.time_shift = time_conv->time_shift;
+	tc.time_mult  = time_conv->time_mult;
+	tc.time_zero  = time_conv->time_zero;
 
-	if (!tc.cap_user_time_zero)
-		return 0;
+	/*
+	 * The event TIME_CONV was extended for the fields from "time_cycles"
+	 * when supported cap_user_time_short, for backward compatibility,
+	 * checks the event size and assigns these extended fields if these
+	 * fields are contained in the event.
+	 */
+	if (event_contains(*time_conv, time_cycles)) {
+		tc.time_cycles	       = time_conv->time_cycles;
+		tc.time_mask	       = time_conv->time_mask;
+		tc.cap_user_time_zero  = time_conv->cap_user_time_zero;
+		tc.cap_user_time_short = time_conv->cap_user_time_short;
+
+		if (!tc.cap_user_time_zero)
+			return 0;
+	}
 
 	return tsc_to_perf_time(timestamp, &tc);
 }