diff --git a/lisa/trace.py b/lisa/trace.py
index a2f8d24860f668571fa1238409481385fa23a023..83dfeab1ae50f91cc848d11a09bea9b9ecbef310 100644
--- a/lisa/trace.py
+++ b/lisa/trace.py
@@ -1125,6 +1125,9 @@ class TraceEventCheckerBase(abc.ABC, Loggable):
             checker = self
         else:
             checker = AndTraceEventChecker([self, used_events])
+            # remove a layer of wrapper, since we took its used_events into
+            # account already
+            f = f.__wrapped__
 
         sig = inspect.signature(f)
         if sig.parameters: