1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/top.c b/tools/perf/util/top.c
index 7eeebcee291c..884dde9b9bc1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/top.c
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ size_t perf_top__header_snprintf(struct perf_top *top, char *bf, size_t size)
         }
 
         if (top->evlist->nr_entries == 1) {
-                struct perf_evsel *first;
-                first = list_entry(top->evlist->entries.next, struct perf_evsel, node);
+                struct perf_evsel *first = perf_evlist__first(top->evlist);
                 ret += SNPRINTF(bf + ret, size - ret, "%" PRIu64 "%s ",
                                 (uint64_t)first->attr.sample_period,
                                 top->freq ? "Hz" : "");