diff --git a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
index 8579a9cf7cb..3d633160133 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
@@ -95,16 +95,15 @@ public:
         : RunWorker(runControl)
     {
         setId("LocalPerfRecordWorker");
-
-        auto perfAspect = runControl->aspect<PerfRunConfigurationAspect>();
-        QTC_ASSERT(perfAspect, return);
-        PerfSettings *settings = static_cast<PerfSettings *>(perfAspect->currentSettings);
-        QTC_ASSERT(settings, return);
-        m_perfRecordArguments = settings->perfRecordArguments();
     }
 
     void start() override
     {
+        auto perfAspect = runControl()->aspect<PerfRunConfigurationAspect>();
+        QTC_ASSERT(perfAspect, reportFailure(); return);
+        PerfSettings *settings = static_cast<PerfSettings *>(perfAspect->currentSettings);
+        QTC_ASSERT(settings, reportFailure(); return);
+
         m_process = new Process(this);
 
         connect(m_process, &Process::started, this, &RunWorker::reportStarted);
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ public:
         });
 
         CommandLine cmd({device()->filePath("perf"), {"record"}});
-        cmd.addArgs(m_perfRecordArguments);
+        settings->addPerfRecordArguments(&cmd);
         cmd.addArgs({"-o", "-", "--"});
         cmd.addCommandLineAsArgs(runControl()->commandLine(), CommandLine::Raw);
 
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ public:
 
 private:
     QPointer<Process> m_process;
-    QStringList m_perfRecordArguments;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfsettings.cpp
index e5f307b85ae..9cfdf3d92c7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfsettings.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void PerfSettings::writeGlobalSettings() const
     settings->endGroup();
 }
 
-QStringList PerfSettings::perfRecordArguments() const
+void PerfSettings::addPerfRecordArguments(CommandLine *cmd) const
 {
     QString callgraphArg = callgraphMode.itemValue().toString();
     if (callgraphArg == Constants::PerfCallgraphDwarf)
@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ QStringList PerfSettings::perfRecordArguments() const
         }
     }
 
-    return QStringList({"-e", events,
-                        "--call-graph", callgraphArg,
-                        sampleMode.itemValue().toString(),
-                        QString::number(period.value())})
-         + ProcessArgs::splitArgs(extraArguments.value(), HostOsInfo::hostOs());
+    cmd->addArgs({"-e", events,
+                  "--call-graph", callgraphArg,
+                  sampleMode.itemValue().toString(),
+                  QString::number(period.value())});
+    cmd->addArgs(extraArguments(), CommandLine::Raw);
 }
 
 void PerfSettings::resetToDefault()
diff --git a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfsettings.h b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfsettings.h
index fc808c1e118..4e8ae5700f8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfsettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfsettings.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ namespace PerfProfiler {
 class PERFPROFILER_EXPORT PerfSettings final : public ProjectExplorer::ISettingsAspect
 {
     Q_OBJECT
-    Q_PROPERTY(QStringList perfRecordArguments READ perfRecordArguments NOTIFY changed)
 
 public:
     explicit PerfSettings(ProjectExplorer::Target *target = nullptr);
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ public:
     void readGlobalSettings();
     void writeGlobalSettings() const;
 
-    QStringList perfRecordArguments() const;
+    void addPerfRecordArguments(Utils::CommandLine *cmd) const;
 
     void resetToDefault();