diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index 49db16334814..a6d5d248b8fb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -2067,7 +2067,6 @@ void hist_browser__init(struct hist_browser *browser,
 			struct hists *hists)
 {
 	struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt;
-	struct perf_hpp_list_node *node;
 
 	browser->hists			= hists;
 	browser->b.refresh		= hist_browser__refresh;
@@ -2076,15 +2075,10 @@ void hist_browser__init(struct hist_browser *browser,
 	browser->b.use_navkeypressed	= true;
 	browser->show_headers		= symbol_conf.show_hist_headers;
 
-	hists__for_each_format(hists, fmt) {
-		perf_hpp__reset_width(fmt, hists);
+	hists__for_each_format(hists, fmt)
 		++browser->b.columns;
-	}
-	/* hierarchy entries have their own hpp list */
-	list_for_each_entry(node, &hists->hpp_formats, list) {
-		perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&node->hpp, fmt)
-			perf_hpp__reset_width(fmt, hists);
-	}
+
+	hists__reset_column_width(hists);
 }
 
 struct hist_browser *hist_browser__new(struct hists *hists)
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
index b47fafc8ee2a..60c4a4d08374 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
@@ -699,6 +699,21 @@ void perf_hpp__reset_width(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct hists *hists)
 	}
 }
 
+void hists__reset_column_width(struct hists *hists)
+{
+	struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt;
+	struct perf_hpp_list_node *node;
+
+	hists__for_each_format(hists, fmt)
+		perf_hpp__reset_width(fmt, hists);
+
+	/* hierarchy entries have their own hpp list */
+	list_for_each_entry(node, &hists->hpp_formats, list) {
+		perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&node->hpp, fmt)
+			perf_hpp__reset_width(fmt, hists);
+	}
+}
+
 void perf_hpp__set_user_width(const char *width_list_str)
 {
 	struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt;
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
index a57131e61fe3..8e1840bff29d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
@@ -717,8 +717,6 @@ size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *hists, bool show_header, int max_rows,
 		      int max_cols, float min_pcnt, FILE *fp,
 		      bool use_callchain)
 {
-	struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt;
-	struct perf_hpp_list_node *node;
 	struct rb_node *nd;
 	size_t ret = 0;
 	const char *sep = symbol_conf.field_sep;
@@ -729,13 +727,7 @@ size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *hists, bool show_header, int max_rows,
 
 	init_rem_hits();
 
-	hists__for_each_format(hists, fmt)
-		perf_hpp__reset_width(fmt, hists);
-	/* hierarchy entries have their own hpp list */
-	list_for_each_entry(node, &hists->hpp_formats, list) {
-		perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&node->hpp, fmt)
-			perf_hpp__reset_width(fmt, hists);
-	}
+	hists__reset_column_width(hists);
 
 	if (symbol_conf.col_width_list_str)
 		perf_hpp__set_user_width(symbol_conf.col_width_list_str);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index a002c93fe422..defa957f27df 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ static inline bool perf_hpp__should_skip(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format,
 void perf_hpp__reset_width(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct hists *hists);
 void perf_hpp__reset_sort_width(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct hists *hists);
 void perf_hpp__set_user_width(const char *width_list_str);
+void hists__reset_column_width(struct hists *hists);
 
 typedef u64 (*hpp_field_fn)(struct hist_entry *he);
 typedef int (*hpp_callback_fn)(struct perf_hpp *hpp, bool front);