diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/evlist.c b/tools/perf/lib/evlist.c
index 88d63f5cd9ca..3832d3e9a3b4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/evlist.c
@@ -426,7 +426,8 @@ mmap_per_evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx,
 }
 
 static int
-mmap_per_thread(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_mmap_param *mp)
+mmap_per_thread(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops *ops,
+		struct perf_mmap_param *mp)
 {
 	int thread;
 	int nr_threads = perf_thread_map__nr(evlist->threads);
@@ -435,6 +436,9 @@ mmap_per_thread(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_mmap_param *mp)
 		int output = -1;
 		int output_overwrite = -1;
 
+		if (ops->idx)
+			ops->idx(evlist, mp, thread, false);
+
 		if (mmap_per_evsel(evlist, thread, mp, 0, thread,
 				   &output, &output_overwrite))
 			goto out_unmap;
@@ -448,7 +452,8 @@ out_unmap:
 }
 
 static int
-mmap_per_cpu(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_mmap_param *mp)
+mmap_per_cpu(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops *ops,
+	     struct perf_mmap_param *mp)
 {
 	int nr_threads = perf_thread_map__nr(evlist->threads);
 	int nr_cpus    = perf_cpu_map__nr(evlist->cpus);
@@ -458,6 +463,9 @@ mmap_per_cpu(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_mmap_param *mp)
 		int output = -1;
 		int output_overwrite = -1;
 
+		if (ops->idx)
+			ops->idx(evlist, mp, cpu, true);
+
 		for (thread = 0; thread < nr_threads; thread++) {
 			if (mmap_per_evsel(evlist, cpu, mp, cpu,
 					   thread, &output, &output_overwrite))
@@ -496,15 +504,15 @@ int perf_evlist__mmap_ops(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 	}
 
 	if (perf_cpu_map__empty(cpus))
-		return mmap_per_thread(evlist, mp);
+		return mmap_per_thread(evlist, ops, mp);
 
-	return mmap_per_cpu(evlist, mp);
+	return mmap_per_cpu(evlist, ops, mp);
 }
 
 int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int pages)
 {
 	struct perf_mmap_param mp;
-	struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops ops;
+	struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops ops = { 0 };
 
 	evlist->mmap_len = (pages + 1) * page_size;
 	mp.mask = evlist->mmap_len - page_size - 1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/evlist.h b/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/evlist.h
index e5f092ff6202..053f620696f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/evlist.h
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ struct perf_evlist {
 	struct perf_mmap	*mmap_ovw;
 };
 
+typedef void
+(*perf_evlist_mmap__cb_idx_t)(struct perf_evlist*, struct perf_mmap_param*, int, bool);
+
 struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops {
+	perf_evlist_mmap__cb_idx_t	idx;
 };
 
 int perf_evlist__alloc_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist);