1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 45da8d186b49..1884a7c7eb8f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist, pid_t target_pid,
         if (evlist->threads == NULL)
                 return -1;
 
-        if (target_tid != -1)
+        if (cpu_list == NULL && target_tid != -1)
                 evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new();
         else
                 evlist->cpus = cpu_map__new(cpu_list);