1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 30328623cae6..183b199b0d09 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -609,8 +609,9 @@ int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
         if (evlist->threads == NULL)
                 return -1;
 
-        if (target->uid != UINT_MAX ||
-            (target->cpu_list == NULL && target->tid))
+        if (target->uid != UINT_MAX || target->tid)
+                evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new();
+        else if (!target->system_wide && target->cpu_list == NULL)
                 evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new();
         else
                 evlist->cpus = cpu_map__new(target->cpu_list);