diff --git a/pkg/apis/eventing/v1alpha1/trigger_defaults.go b/pkg/apis/eventing/v1alpha1/trigger_defaults.go
index ed19263008e..f8e02270626 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eventing/v1alpha1/trigger_defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eventing/v1alpha1/trigger_defaults.go
@@ -20,9 +20,14 @@ import (
 	"context"
 )
 
+const (
+	brokerLabel = "eventing.knative.dev/broker"
+)
+
 func (t *Trigger) SetDefaults(ctx context.Context) {
 	t.Spec.SetDefaults(ctx)
 	setUserInfoAnnotations(ctx, t)
+	setLabels(t)
 }
 
 func (ts *TriggerSpec) SetDefaults(ctx context.Context) {
@@ -34,3 +39,10 @@ func (ts *TriggerSpec) SetDefaults(ctx context.Context) {
 		ts.Filter = &TriggerFilter{}
 	}
 }
+
+func setLabels(t *Trigger) {
+	if len(t.Labels) == 0 {
+		t.Labels = map[string]string{}
+	}
+	t.Labels[brokerLabel] = t.Spec.Broker
+}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/eventing/v1alpha1/trigger_defaults_test.go b/pkg/apis/eventing/v1alpha1/trigger_defaults_test.go
index e6ab361ec85..6eddfd83c95 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eventing/v1alpha1/trigger_defaults_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eventing/v1alpha1/trigger_defaults_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package v1alpha1
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ var (
 	}
 
 	defaultTrigger = Trigger{
+		ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+			Labels: map[string]string{brokerLabel: defaultBroker},
+		},
 		Spec: TriggerSpec{
 			Broker: defaultBroker,
 			Filter: defaultTriggerFilter,
@@ -47,17 +51,39 @@ func TestTriggerDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 		expected Trigger
 	}{
 		"nil broker": {
-			initial:  Trigger{Spec: TriggerSpec{Filter: otherTriggerFilter}},
-			expected: Trigger{Spec: TriggerSpec{Broker: defaultBroker, Filter: otherTriggerFilter}},
+			initial: Trigger{Spec: TriggerSpec{Filter: otherTriggerFilter}},
+			expected: Trigger{
+				ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+					Labels: map[string]string{brokerLabel: defaultBroker},
+				},
+				Spec: TriggerSpec{Broker: defaultBroker, Filter: otherTriggerFilter}},
 		},
 		"nil filter": {
-			initial:  Trigger{Spec: TriggerSpec{Broker: otherBroker}},
-			expected: Trigger{Spec: TriggerSpec{Broker: otherBroker, Filter: defaultTriggerFilter}},
+			initial: Trigger{Spec: TriggerSpec{Broker: otherBroker}},
+			expected: Trigger{
+				ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+					Labels: map[string]string{brokerLabel: otherBroker},
+				},
+				Spec: TriggerSpec{Broker: otherBroker, Filter: defaultTriggerFilter}},
 		},
 		"nil broker and nil filter": {
 			initial:  Trigger{},
 			expected: defaultTrigger,
 		},
+		"with broker and label": {
+			initial: Trigger{
+				ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+					Labels: map[string]string{"otherLabel": "my-other-label"},
+				},
+				Spec: TriggerSpec{Broker: defaultBroker}},
+			expected: Trigger{
+				ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						"otherLabel": "my-other-label",
+						brokerLabel:  defaultBroker},
+				},
+				Spec: TriggerSpec{Broker: defaultBroker, Filter: defaultTriggerFilter}},
+		},
 	}
 	for n, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(n, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/broker/filter/filter_handler.go b/pkg/broker/filter/filter_handler.go
index 397620b61a3..1a6e2380a75 100644
--- a/pkg/broker/filter/filter_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/broker/filter/filter_handler.go
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func (r *Handler) sendEvent(ctx context.Context, tctx cloudevents.HTTPTransportC
 	var arrivalTimeStr string
 	if extErr := event.ExtensionAs(broker.EventArrivalTime, &arrivalTimeStr); extErr == nil {
 		arrivalTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, arrivalTimeStr)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err == nil {
 			r.reporter.ReportEventProcessingTime(reportArgs, time.Since(arrivalTime))
 		}
 	}