diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c b/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
index f76b1a9d5a6e18bb315b4405068307ec5e3d91a9..0254855c90047722f9777defb69f2406b73f5b66 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
@@ -468,6 +468,9 @@ mmap_per_evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops *ops,
 			 */
 			refcount_set(&map->refcnt, 2);
 
+			if (ops->idx)
+				ops->idx(evlist, evsel, mp, idx);
+
 			if (ops->mmap(map, mp, *output, evlist_cpu) < 0)
 				return -1;
 
@@ -510,9 +513,6 @@ mmap_per_thread(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops *ops,
 		int output = -1;
 		int output_overwrite = -1;
 
-		if (ops->idx)
-			ops->idx(evlist, mp, thread, false);
-
 		if (mmap_per_evsel(evlist, ops, thread, mp, 0, thread,
 				   &output, &output_overwrite))
 			goto out_unmap;
@@ -537,9 +537,6 @@ mmap_per_cpu(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops *ops,
 		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, ops, cpu, mp, cpu,
 					   thread, &output, &output_overwrite))
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evlist.h b/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evlist.h
index 2d0fa02b036f604646663ca5703bd13c12a00ae2..6b4bff3907a5f54c1dabc45b07e12a87498848d9 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evlist.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ struct perf_evlist {
 };
 
 typedef void
-(*perf_evlist_mmap__cb_idx_t)(struct perf_evlist*, struct perf_mmap_param*, int, bool);
+(*perf_evlist_mmap__cb_idx_t)(struct perf_evlist*, struct perf_evsel*,
+			      struct perf_mmap_param*, int);
 typedef struct perf_mmap*
 (*perf_evlist_mmap__cb_get_t)(struct perf_evlist*, bool, int);
 typedef int
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
index b4a53afe67129754c1d6537f2f694470bb5b5004..670e925299e1eaf051dee5d2e368af464e89fdc7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ static int cs_etm_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 			}
 			evsel->core.attr.freq = 0;
 			evsel->core.attr.sample_period = 1;
+			evsel->needs_auxtrace_mmap = true;
 			cs_etm_evsel = evsel;
 			opts->full_auxtrace = true;
 		}
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
index 3c0d919a73f451228bc40170a31895a9fba1796f..ae51700bfee755b0d35a16e30c3046510dadbe0d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ static int arm_spe_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 			}
 			evsel->core.attr.freq = 0;
 			evsel->core.attr.sample_period = 1;
+			evsel->needs_auxtrace_mmap = true;
 			arm_spe_evsel = evsel;
 			opts->full_auxtrace = true;
 		}
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/auxtrace.c
index 0db5c58c98e81a52c67e51eb7a0d4b1a94df03a6..5068baa3e092b915a6d6c242bac39d8f0356176a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ struct auxtrace_record *auxtrace_record__init(struct evlist *evlist,
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, pos) {
 		if (pos->core.attr.config == PERF_EVENT_CPUM_SF_DIAG) {
 			diagnose = 1;
+			pos->needs_auxtrace_mmap = true;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c
index 0dc09b5809c122f6c3d85ef60f5187ea93a38220..72f4a3492a1a337d705fcd656b2925d8adce1d02 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ static int intel_bts_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 			}
 			evsel->core.attr.freq = 0;
 			evsel->core.attr.sample_period = 1;
+			evsel->needs_auxtrace_mmap = true;
 			intel_bts_evsel = evsel;
 			opts->full_auxtrace = true;
 		}
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
index 082e5f2a415a3310286a27e63ea04fbe8c4d5ac2..1410b44650f6784c62f6048f69d8bb4f3f0dc3cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ static int intel_pt_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 			evsel->core.attr.freq = 0;
 			evsel->core.attr.sample_period = 1;
 			evsel->no_aux_samples = true;
+			evsel->needs_auxtrace_mmap = true;
 			intel_pt_evsel = evsel;
 			opts->full_auxtrace = true;
 		}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index c43e0bbe5a742318f8d84c49dfe717b42ab845b0..f32ee64b2aabfabf7dac154c129a39045c458769 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ int auxtrace_mmap__mmap(struct auxtrace_mmap *mm,
 	mm->tid = mp->tid;
 	mm->cpu = mp->cpu;
 
-	if (!mp->len) {
+	if (!mp->len || !mp->mmap_needed) {
 		mm->base = NULL;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -176,9 +176,16 @@ void auxtrace_mmap_params__init(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
 }
 
 void auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
-				   struct evlist *evlist, int idx,
-				   bool per_cpu)
+				   struct evlist *evlist,
+				   struct evsel *evsel, int idx)
 {
+	bool per_cpu = !perf_cpu_map__empty(evlist->core.cpus);
+
+	mp->mmap_needed = evsel->needs_auxtrace_mmap;
+
+	if (!mp->mmap_needed)
+		return;
+
 	mp->idx = idx;
 
 	if (per_cpu) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
index 3a4e921f9d487653d415659844c33aac104b5c7e..f8ba783a8f845fca08b1783c69d366b747610582 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <perf/cpumap.h>
 #include <asm/bitsperlong.h>
 #include <asm/barrier.h>
 
@@ -333,6 +334,10 @@ struct auxtrace_mmap {
  * @idx: index of this mmap
  * @tid: tid for a per-thread mmap (also set if there is only 1 tid on a per-cpu
  *       mmap) otherwise %0
+ * @mmap_needed: set to %false for non-auxtrace events. This is needed because
+ *               auxtrace mmapping is done in the same code path as non-auxtrace
+ *               mmapping but not every evsel that needs non-auxtrace mmapping
+ *               also needs auxtrace mmapping.
  * @cpu: cpu number for a per-cpu mmap otherwise %-1
  */
 struct auxtrace_mmap_params {
@@ -342,6 +347,7 @@ struct auxtrace_mmap_params {
 	int		prot;
 	int		idx;
 	pid_t		tid;
+	bool		mmap_needed;
 	int		cpu;
 };
 
@@ -492,8 +498,8 @@ void auxtrace_mmap_params__init(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
 				unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
 				bool auxtrace_overwrite);
 void auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
-				   struct evlist *evlist, int idx,
-				   bool per_cpu);
+				   struct evlist *evlist,
+				   struct evsel *evsel, int idx);
 
 typedef int (*process_auxtrace_t)(struct perf_tool *tool,
 				  struct mmap *map,
@@ -823,8 +829,8 @@ void auxtrace_mmap_params__init(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
 				unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
 				bool auxtrace_overwrite);
 void auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
-				   struct evlist *evlist, int idx,
-				   bool per_cpu);
+				   struct evlist *evlist,
+				   struct evsel *evsel, int idx);
 
 #define ITRACE_HELP ""
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index f62244c8238f96afabb325f83cbe6beb5816de76..66b230fe3e265362292cedb18f24778cd60c1688 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -721,13 +721,15 @@ static struct mmap *evlist__alloc_mmap(struct evlist *evlist,
 
 static void
 perf_evlist__mmap_cb_idx(struct perf_evlist *_evlist,
+			 struct perf_evsel *_evsel,
 			 struct perf_mmap_param *_mp,
-			 int idx, bool per_cpu)
+			 int idx)
 {
 	struct evlist *evlist = container_of(_evlist, struct evlist, core);
 	struct mmap_params *mp = container_of(_mp, struct mmap_params, core);
+	struct evsel *evsel = container_of(_evsel, struct evsel, core);
 
-	auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(&mp->auxtrace_mp, evlist, idx, per_cpu);
+	auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(&mp->auxtrace_mp, evlist, evsel, idx);
 }
 
 static struct perf_mmap*
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 79a860d8e3eefe23b9271dff9dc2fb07d1dee981..bf526755f62d081f34cd23fa671919dc2b213051 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ struct evsel {
 	bool			merged_stat;
 	bool			reset_group;
 	bool			errored;
+	bool			needs_auxtrace_mmap;
 	unsigned long		*per_pkg_mask;
 	struct evsel		*leader;
 	struct list_head	config_terms;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
index ab7108d22428b5271428a76dd03922f1914d2d48..daedd2fc39284d1a289a2a42eb6fd69a8b942079 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ void __weak auxtrace_mmap_params__init(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp __maybe_u
 
 void __weak auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp __maybe_unused,
 					  struct evlist *evlist __maybe_unused,
-					  int idx __maybe_unused,
-					  bool per_cpu __maybe_unused)
+					  struct evsel *evsel __maybe_unused,
+					  int idx __maybe_unused)
 {
 }