1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 87889f325678..4ac5f5ae4ce9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -611,6 +611,8 @@ int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 
         if (perf_target__has_task(target))
                 evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new();
+        else if (!perf_target__has_cpu(target) && !target->uses_mmap)
+                evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new();
         else
                 evlist->cpus = cpu_map__new(target->cpu_list);