diff --git a/pkg/grpc/tracing/tracing.go b/pkg/grpc/tracing/tracing.go
index 56a4789c5a5..79d3c1fc40f 100644
--- a/pkg/grpc/tracing/tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/grpc/tracing/tracing.go
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ func GetProcessKprobe(event *MsgGenericKprobeUnix) *tetragon.ProcessKprobe {
 		Args:         tetragonArgs,
 		Return:       tetragonReturnArg,
 		Action:       kprobeAction(event.Action),
+		ReturnAction: kprobeAction(event.ReturnAction),
 		StackTrace:   stackTrace,
 		PolicyName:   event.PolicyName,
 	}
@@ -470,6 +471,7 @@ type MsgGenericKprobeUnix struct {
 	Capabilities processapi.MsgCapabilities
 	Id           uint64
 	Action       uint64
+	ReturnAction uint64
 	Tid          uint32
 	FuncName     string
 	Args         []tracingapi.MsgGenericKprobeArg
diff --git a/pkg/sensors/tracing/generickprobe.go b/pkg/sensors/tracing/generickprobe.go
index 9019c208ac8..0fb742ceacb 100644
--- a/pkg/sensors/tracing/generickprobe.go
+++ b/pkg/sensors/tracing/generickprobe.go
@@ -1656,6 +1656,7 @@ func retprobeMerge(prev pendingEvent, curr pendingEvent) *tracing.MsgGenericKpro
 			enterEv.Args = append(enterEv.Args, retArg)
 		}
 	}
+	enterEv.ReturnAction = retEv.Action
 	return enterEv
 }