diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 60ccfd52189d..fbdfb338bc38 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2092,10 +2092,39 @@ static int perf_evlist__add_pgfault(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void trace__handle_event(struct trace *trace, union perf_event *event, struct perf_sample *sample)
+{
+	const u32 type = event->header.type;
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+	if (!trace->full_time && trace->base_time == 0)
+		trace->base_time = sample->time;
+
+	if (type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE) {
+		trace__process_event(trace, trace->host, event, sample);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	evsel = perf_evlist__id2evsel(trace->evlist, sample->id);
+	if (evsel == NULL) {
+		fprintf(trace->output, "Unknown tp ID %" PRIu64 ", skipping...\n", sample->id);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (evsel->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT &&
+	    sample->raw_data == NULL) {
+		fprintf(trace->output, "%s sample with no payload for tid: %d, cpu %d, raw_size=%d, skipping...\n",
+		       perf_evsel__name(evsel), sample->tid,
+		       sample->cpu, sample->raw_size);
+	} else {
+		tracepoint_handler handler = evsel->handler;
+		handler(trace, evsel, event, sample);
+	}
+}
+
 static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	struct perf_evlist *evlist = trace->evlist;
-	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 	int err = -1, i;
 	unsigned long before;
 	const bool forks = argc > 0;
@@ -2190,8 +2219,6 @@ again:
 		union perf_event *event;
 
 		while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, i)) != NULL) {
-			const u32 type = event->header.type;
-			tracepoint_handler handler;
 			struct perf_sample sample;
 
 			++trace->nr_events;
@@ -2202,30 +2229,7 @@ again:
 				goto next_event;
 			}
 
-			if (!trace->full_time && trace->base_time == 0)
-				trace->base_time = sample.time;
-
-			if (type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE) {
-				trace__process_event(trace, trace->host, event, &sample);
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			evsel = perf_evlist__id2evsel(evlist, sample.id);
-			if (evsel == NULL) {
-				fprintf(trace->output, "Unknown tp ID %" PRIu64 ", skipping...\n", sample.id);
-				goto next_event;
-			}
-
-			if (evsel->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT &&
-			    sample.raw_data == NULL) {
-				fprintf(trace->output, "%s sample with no payload for tid: %d, cpu %d, raw_size=%d, skipping...\n",
-				       perf_evsel__name(evsel), sample.tid,
-				       sample.cpu, sample.raw_size);
-				goto next_event;
-			}
-
-			handler = evsel->handler;
-			handler(trace, evsel, event, &sample);
+			trace__handle_event(trace, event, &sample);
 next_event:
 			perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);