diff --git a/lisa/trace.py b/lisa/trace.py
index fe8deec5090197d58e71da0596946eaba82a73cd..0c3d0a481bffda0d420b25c9a145f9fd545b37c3 100644
--- a/lisa/trace.py
+++ b/lisa/trace.py
@@ -5016,6 +5016,7 @@ class _Trace(Loggable, _InternalTraceBase):
     ):
         super().__init__()
         self._lock = threading.RLock()
+        self._parseable_events = {}
 
         stack = contextlib.ExitStack()
         self._cm_stack = stack
@@ -5084,8 +5085,6 @@ class _Trace(Loggable, _InternalTraceBase):
             swap_dir = None
             max_swap_size = None
 
-        self._parseable_events = {}
-
         if parser is None:
             if not trace_path:
                 raise ValueError('A trace path must be provided')