diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 8dfbba15aeb8..9a1c7e63e663 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -1998,7 +1998,8 @@ int perf_pmu__cpus_match(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
 {
 	struct perf_cpu_map *pmu_cpus = pmu->cpus;
 	struct perf_cpu_map *matched_cpus, *unmatched_cpus;
-	int matched_nr = 0, unmatched_nr = 0;
+	struct perf_cpu cpu;
+	int i, matched_nr = 0, unmatched_nr = 0;
 
 	matched_cpus = perf_cpu_map__default_new();
 	if (!matched_cpus)
@@ -2010,14 +2011,11 @@ int perf_pmu__cpus_match(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < cpus->nr; i++) {
-		int cpu;
-
-		cpu = perf_cpu_map__idx(pmu_cpus, cpus->map[i]);
-		if (cpu == -1)
-			unmatched_cpus->map[unmatched_nr++] = cpus->map[i];
+	perf_cpu_map__for_each_cpu(cpu, i, cpus) {
+		if (!perf_cpu_map__has(pmu_cpus, cpu))
+			unmatched_cpus->map[unmatched_nr++] = cpu;
 		else
-			matched_cpus->map[matched_nr++] = cpus->map[i];
+			matched_cpus->map[matched_nr++] = cpu;
 	}
 
 	unmatched_cpus->nr = unmatched_nr;