diff --git a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perftracepointdialog.cpp b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perftracepointdialog.cpp
index 6b3d46cf7ee..070b4ccb4c5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perftracepointdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perftracepointdialog.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ void PerfTracePointDialog::runScript()
     m_ui->buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Ok)->setEnabled(false);
 
     m_process.reset(m_device->createProcess(this));
+    m_process->setWriteData(m_ui->textEdit->toPlainText().toUtf8());
+    m_ui->textEdit->clear();
 
     const QString elevate = m_ui->privilegesChooser->currentText();
     if (elevate != QLatin1String("n.a."))
@@ -106,9 +108,6 @@ void PerfTracePointDialog::runScript()
     else
         m_process->setCommand({"sh", {}});
 
-    connect(m_process.get(), &DeviceProcess::started,
-            this, &PerfTracePointDialog::feedScriptToProcess);
-
     connect(m_process.get(), &DeviceProcess::finished,
             this, &PerfTracePointDialog::handleProcessFinished);
 
@@ -118,12 +117,6 @@ void PerfTracePointDialog::runScript()
     m_process->start();
 }
 
-void PerfTracePointDialog::feedScriptToProcess()
-{
-    m_process->write(m_ui->textEdit->toPlainText().toUtf8());
-    m_ui->textEdit->clear();
-}
-
 void PerfTracePointDialog::handleProcessFinished()
 {
     if (m_process->exitCode() != 0) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perftracepointdialog.h b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perftracepointdialog.h
index ca5d4e2ae52..3d51364321b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perftracepointdialog.h
+++ b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perftracepointdialog.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ public:
 
 private:
     void runScript();
-    void feedScriptToProcess();
     void handleProcessFinished();
     void handleProcessError(QProcess::ProcessError error);
     void finish();