2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 3e981a710c4d..18bd226f9f2b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -900,6 +900,9 @@ static void perf_top__start_counters(struct perf_top *top)
                         attr->read_format |= PERF_FORMAT_ID;
                 }
 
+                if (perf_target__has_cpu(&top->target))
+                        attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_CPU;
+
                 if (symbol_conf.use_callchain)
                         attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index f4f427ce4d64..9abd8ac508e2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void perf_evsel__config(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_record_opts *opts,
         if (opts->call_graph)
                 attr->sample_type       |= PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN;
 
-        if (opts->target.system_wide)
+        if (perf_target__has_cpu(&opts->target))
                 attr->sample_type       |= PERF_SAMPLE_CPU;
 
         if (opts->period)