2 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 76fa76431329..7bb6ee1ca19f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -819,13 +819,7 @@ int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct target *target)
         if (evlist->threads == NULL)
                 return -1;
 
-        if (target->default_per_cpu)
-                evlist->cpus = target->per_thread ?
-                                        cpu_map__dummy_new() :
-                                        cpu_map__new(target->cpu_list);
-        else if (target__has_task(target))
-                evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new();
-        else if (!target__has_cpu(target) && !target->uses_mmap)
+        if (target__uses_dummy_map(target))
                 evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new();
         else
                 evlist->cpus = cpu_map__new(target->cpu_list);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/target.h b/tools/perf/util/target.h
index 31dd2e9a27d0..7381b1ca4041 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/target.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/target.h
@@ -63,4 +63,17 @@ static inline bool target__none(struct target *target)
         return !target__has_task(target) && !target__has_cpu(target);
 }
 
+static inline bool target__uses_dummy_map(struct target *target)
+{
+        bool use_dummy = false;
+
+        if (target->default_per_cpu)
+                use_dummy = target->per_thread ? true : false;
+        else if (target__has_task(target) ||
+                 (!target__has_cpu(target) && !target->uses_mmap))
+                use_dummy = true;
+
+        return use_dummy;
+}
+
 #endif /* _PERF_TARGET_H */