diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.c
index dbb9efbf718a065d4d6e9998fa4d147b1cc691fc..39ebf6192016d2671c79c890f0807f2b5aec6d60 100644
--- a/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.c
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.c
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ static int get_value(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p,
 		return err;
 
 	case OPTION_CALLBACK:
+		if (opt->set)
+			*(bool *)opt->set = true;
+
 		if (unset)
 			return (*opt->callback)(opt, NULL, 1) ? (-1) : 0;
 		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG)