diff --git a/tools/misc/xen-vmtrace.c b/tools/misc/xen-vmtrace.c
index 7572e880c5..35d14c6a9b 100644
--- a/tools/misc/xen-vmtrace.c
+++ b/tools/misc/xen-vmtrace.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    if ( xc_vmtrace_enable(xch, domid, vcpu) )
+    if ( xc_vmtrace_reset_and_enable(xch, domid, vcpu) )
     {
         perror("xc_vmtrace_enable()");
         goto out;