diff --git a/userspace/falco/app/actions/configure_interesting_sets.cpp b/userspace/falco/app/actions/configure_interesting_sets.cpp
index 8dc64093..9970b695 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/app/actions/configure_interesting_sets.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/app/actions/configure_interesting_sets.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ static void select_event_set(falco::app::state& s, const libsinsp::events::set<p
 	auto user_positive_sc_set = libsinsp::events::event_names_to_sc_set(user_positive_names);
 	auto user_negative_sc_set = libsinsp::events::event_names_to_sc_set(user_negative_names);
 
+	auto user_positive_sc_set_names = libsinsp::events::sc_set_to_event_names(user_positive_sc_set);
 	if (!user_positive_sc_set.empty())
 	{
 		// user overrides base event set
@@ -98,16 +99,15 @@ static void select_event_set(falco::app::state& s, const libsinsp::events::set<p
 
 		// we re-transform from sc_set to names to make
 		// sure that bad user inputs are ignored
-		auto user_positive_sc_set_names = libsinsp::events::sc_set_to_event_names(user_positive_sc_set);
 		falco_logger::log(LOG_DEBUG, "+(" + std::to_string(user_positive_sc_set_names.size())
 			+ ") syscalls added (base_syscalls override): "
 			+ concat_set_in_order(user_positive_sc_set_names) + "\n");
-		auto invalid_positive_sc_set_names = unordered_set_difference(user_positive_names, user_positive_sc_set_names);
-		if (!invalid_positive_sc_set_names.empty())
-		{
-			falco_logger::log(LOG_WARNING, "Invalid (positive) syscall names: warning (base_syscalls override): "
-				+ concat_set_in_order(invalid_positive_sc_set_names));
-		}
+	}
+	auto invalid_positive_sc_set_names = unordered_set_difference(user_positive_names, user_positive_sc_set_names);
+	if (!invalid_positive_sc_set_names.empty())
+	{
+		falco_logger::log(LOG_WARNING, "Invalid (positive) syscall names: warning (base_syscalls override): "
+			+ concat_set_in_order(invalid_positive_sc_set_names));
 	}
 
 	// selected events are the union of the rules events set and the
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ static void select_event_set(falco::app::state& s, const libsinsp::events::set<p
 		s.selected_sc_set = libsinsp::events::sinsp_repair_state_sc_set(rules_sc_set);
 	}
 
+	auto user_negative_sc_set_names = libsinsp::events::sc_set_to_event_names(user_negative_sc_set);
 	if (!user_negative_sc_set.empty())
 	{
 		/* Remove negative base_syscalls events. */
@@ -134,16 +135,15 @@ static void select_event_set(falco::app::state& s, const libsinsp::events::set<p
 
 		// we re-transform from sc_set to names to make
 		// sure that bad user inputs are ignored
-		auto user_negative_sc_set_names = libsinsp::events::sc_set_to_event_names(user_negative_sc_set);
 		falco_logger::log(LOG_DEBUG, "-(" + std::to_string(user_negative_sc_set_names.size())
 			+ ") syscalls removed (base_syscalls override): "
 			+ concat_set_in_order(user_negative_sc_set_names) + "\n");
-		auto invalid_negative_sc_set_names = unordered_set_difference(user_negative_names, user_negative_sc_set_names);
-		if (!invalid_negative_sc_set_names.empty())
-		{
-			falco_logger::log(LOG_WARNING, "Invalid (negative) syscall names: warning (base_syscalls override): "
-				+ concat_set_in_order(invalid_negative_sc_set_names));
-		}
+	}
+	auto invalid_negative_sc_set_names = unordered_set_difference(user_negative_names, user_negative_sc_set_names);
+	if (!invalid_negative_sc_set_names.empty())
+	{
+		falco_logger::log(LOG_WARNING, "Invalid (negative) syscall names: warning (base_syscalls override): "
+			+ concat_set_in_order(invalid_negative_sc_set_names));
 	}
 
 	/* Derive the diff between the additional syscalls added via libsinsp state