diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index b33b42c009ed18bae2d813bc0ad2a1da542485cb..d1a2d104f2bc19153159f83c3bf4941896c5ccad 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -416,9 +416,6 @@ static int perf_event__inject_buildid(struct perf_tool *tool,
 {
 	struct addr_location al;
 	struct thread *thread;
-	u8 cpumode;
-
-	cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
 
 	thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, sample->pid, sample->tid);
 	if (thread == NULL) {
@@ -427,7 +424,7 @@ static int perf_event__inject_buildid(struct perf_tool *tool,
 		goto repipe;
 	}
 
-	thread__find_addr_map(thread, cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION, sample->ip, &al);
+	thread__find_addr_map(thread, sample->cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION, sample->ip, &al);
 
 	if (al.map != NULL) {
 		if (!al.map->dso->hit) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index d04c8e7a9507fc39fad124446a51edcbf11e2c27..928a4411e0235cf6fbe9647e65ef2c9c145211df 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -498,14 +498,13 @@ static void print_sample_brstack(union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
 	}
 }
 
-static void print_sample_brstacksym(union perf_event *event,
+static void print_sample_brstacksym(union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
 			  struct perf_sample *sample,
 			  struct thread *thread __maybe_unused,
 			  struct perf_event_attr *attr __maybe_unused)
 {
 	struct branch_stack *br = sample->branch_stack;
 	struct addr_location alf, alt;
-	u8 cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
 	u64 i, from, to;
 
 	if (!(br && br->nr))
@@ -518,11 +517,11 @@ static void print_sample_brstacksym(union perf_event *event,
 		from = br->entries[i].from;
 		to   = br->entries[i].to;
 
-		thread__find_addr_map(thread, cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION, from, &alf);
+		thread__find_addr_map(thread, sample->cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION, from, &alf);
 		if (alf.map)
 			alf.sym = map__find_symbol(alf.map, alf.addr, NULL);
 
-		thread__find_addr_map(thread, cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION, to, &alt);
+		thread__find_addr_map(thread, sample->cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION, to, &alt);
 		if (alt.map)
 			alt.sym = map__find_symbol(alt.map, alt.addr, NULL);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 94af190f6843d2c92e68b2dfef8dc51017c42079..a287800bc4950ab3ca052b041889c7d4448e0d67 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -809,7 +809,6 @@ static void perf_top__mmap_read_idx(struct perf_top *top, int idx)
 	struct perf_session *session = top->session;
 	union perf_event *event;
 	struct machine *machine;
-	u8 origin;
 	int ret;
 
 	while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(top->evlist, idx)) != NULL) {
@@ -822,12 +821,10 @@ static void perf_top__mmap_read_idx(struct perf_top *top, int idx)
 		evsel = perf_evlist__id2evsel(session->evlist, sample.id);
 		assert(evsel != NULL);
 
-		origin = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
-
 		if (event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE)
 			++top->samples;
 
-		switch (origin) {
+		switch (sample.cpumode) {
 		case PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER:
 			++top->us_samples;
 			if (top->hide_user_symbols)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 8dc98c598b1aed734ab6a6695c7308f3c16e0910..93ac724fb635ce71236615aa80014b67a740fa08 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2256,11 +2256,10 @@ static void print_location(FILE *f, struct perf_sample *sample,
 
 static int trace__pgfault(struct trace *trace,
 			  struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-			  union perf_event *event,
+			  union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
 			  struct perf_sample *sample)
 {
 	struct thread *thread;
-	u8 cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
 	struct addr_location al;
 	char map_type = 'd';
 	struct thread_trace *ttrace;
@@ -2279,7 +2278,7 @@ static int trace__pgfault(struct trace *trace,
 	if (trace->summary_only)
 		goto out;
 
-	thread__find_addr_location(thread, cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION,
+	thread__find_addr_location(thread, sample->cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION,
 			      sample->ip, &al);
 
 	trace__fprintf_entry_head(trace, thread, 0, sample->time, trace->output);
@@ -2292,11 +2291,11 @@ static int trace__pgfault(struct trace *trace,
 
 	fprintf(trace->output, "] => ");
 
-	thread__find_addr_location(thread, cpumode, MAP__VARIABLE,
+	thread__find_addr_location(thread, sample->cpumode, MAP__VARIABLE,
 				   sample->addr, &al);
 
 	if (!al.map) {
-		thread__find_addr_location(thread, cpumode,
+		thread__find_addr_location(thread, sample->cpumode,
 					   MAP__FUNCTION, sample->addr, &al);
 
 		if (al.map)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
index afc9ad0a0515c5db77745d0d0c6964d950fa3bfc..abd3f0ec0c0b8e61c6371df1077e1fb2240e068e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct machine *machine,
 {
 	struct perf_sample sample;
 	struct thread *thread;
-	u8 cpumode;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (perf_evlist__parse_sample(evlist, event, &sample)) {
@@ -307,9 +306,7 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct machine *machine,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
-
-	ret = read_object_code(sample.ip, READLEN, cpumode, thread, state);
+	ret = read_object_code(sample.ip, READLEN, sample.cpumode, thread, state);
 	thread__put(thread);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
index 071a8b5f5232fa394d4baa88a611f48e3ef2687d..f55f4bd47932dbaaf325a6732d0daa7a12a2358b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
@@ -100,9 +100,11 @@ struct machine *setup_fake_machine(struct machines *machines)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(fake_mmap_info); i++) {
+		struct perf_sample sample = {
+			.cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER,
+		};
 		union perf_event fake_mmap_event = {
 			.mmap = {
-				.header = { .misc = PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER, },
 				.pid = fake_mmap_info[i].pid,
 				.tid = fake_mmap_info[i].pid,
 				.start = fake_mmap_info[i].start,
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ struct machine *setup_fake_machine(struct machines *machines)
 		strcpy(fake_mmap_event.mmap.filename,
 		       fake_mmap_info[i].filename);
 
-		machine__process_mmap_event(machine, &fake_mmap_event, NULL);
+		machine__process_mmap_event(machine, &fake_mmap_event, &sample);
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(fake_symbols); i++) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
index ecf136c385d5ff2f21111e813a9ce1e30c03365a..cf7eef73fbe64bf12c51358d087126aa79ccd444 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static int add_hist_entries(struct hists *hists, struct machine *machine)
 		else
 			iter.ops = &hist_iter_normal;
 
+		sample.cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
 		sample.pid = fake_samples[i].pid;
 		sample.tid = fake_samples[i].pid;
 		sample.ip = fake_samples[i].ip;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
index 34b945a55d4d2864cc561f36275191f57f84210a..1c9e19352cb6029966cc18d2fce187583f7e26e6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static int add_hist_entries(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 			hists->dso_filter = NULL;
 			hists->symbol_filter_str = NULL;
 
+			sample.cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
 			sample.pid = fake_samples[i].pid;
 			sample.tid = fake_samples[i].pid;
 			sample.ip = fake_samples[i].ip;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
index 64b257d8d557679f71a56458067f5324e6a6f62c..7885b1d324e49750cbd7c632b4e11dc7240bdede 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static int add_hist_entries(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct machine *machine)
 				},
 			};
 
+			sample.cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
 			sample.pid = fake_common_samples[k].pid;
 			sample.tid = fake_common_samples[k].pid;
 			sample.ip = fake_common_samples[k].ip;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
index 23cce67c7e48902b86c00cc6e56df22ef16386e4..03e4e9c47a553d1f6b212591bd11bb5c61aa21d5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ static int add_hist_entries(struct hists *hists, struct machine *machine)
 			.hide_unresolved = false,
 		};
 
+		sample.cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
 		sample.cpu = fake_samples[i].cpu;
 		sample.pid = fake_samples[i].pid;
 		sample.tid = fake_samples[i].pid;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
index f1479eeef7daf9ae2c386abcef7d079a0370c836..0573c2ec861d9de0a04dbb71862e0ed85e255ff1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ int build_id__mark_dso_hit(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 			   struct machine *machine)
 {
 	struct addr_location al;
-	u8 cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
 	struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, sample->pid,
 							sample->tid);
 
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ int build_id__mark_dso_hit(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	thread__find_addr_map(thread, cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION, sample->ip, &al);
+	thread__find_addr_map(thread, sample->cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION, sample->ip, &al);
 
 	if (al.map != NULL)
 		al.map->dso->hit = 1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 7bad5c3fa7b7175862f5e3bdf38ffca0e1b14ee1..f679caac12d0ff1994cdd6235d2c3a407f4517d2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -1295,12 +1295,11 @@ void thread__find_addr_location(struct thread *thread,
  * Callers need to drop the reference to al->thread, obtained in
  * machine__findnew_thread()
  */
-int perf_event__preprocess_sample(const union perf_event *event,
+int perf_event__preprocess_sample(const union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
 				  struct machine *machine,
 				  struct addr_location *al,
 				  struct perf_sample *sample)
 {
-	u8 cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
 	struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, sample->pid,
 							sample->tid);
 
@@ -1315,11 +1314,11 @@ int perf_event__preprocess_sample(const union perf_event *event,
 	 * events, but for older perf.data files there was no such thing, so do
 	 * it now.
 	 */
-	if (cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL &&
+	if (sample->cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL &&
 	    machine__kernel_map(machine) == NULL)
 		machine__create_kernel_maps(machine);
 
-	thread__find_addr_map(thread, cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION, sample->ip, al);
+	thread__find_addr_map(thread, sample->cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION, sample->ip, al);
 	dump_printf(" ...... dso: %s\n",
 		    al->map ? al->map->dso->long_name :
 			al->level == 'H' ? "[hypervisor]" : "<not found>");
@@ -1395,16 +1394,14 @@ bool sample_addr_correlates_sym(struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 	return false;
 }
 
-void perf_event__preprocess_sample_addr(union perf_event *event,
+void perf_event__preprocess_sample_addr(union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
 					struct perf_sample *sample,
 					struct thread *thread,
 					struct addr_location *al)
 {
-	u8 cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
-
-	thread__find_addr_map(thread, cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION, sample->addr, al);
+	thread__find_addr_map(thread, sample->cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION, sample->addr, al);
 	if (!al->map)
-		thread__find_addr_map(thread, cpumode, MAP__VARIABLE,
+		thread__find_addr_map(thread, sample->cpumode, MAP__VARIABLE,
 				      sample->addr, al);
 
 	al->cpu = sample->cpu;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index b7ffb7ee9971f020f1b2320baa478ed1421a01e9..f5a2e67c86aae385576f1ae224fe207d76fe46c5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ struct perf_sample {
 	u64 data_src;
 	u32 flags;
 	u16 insn_len;
+	u8  cpumode;
 	void *raw_data;
 	struct ip_callchain *callchain;
 	struct branch_stack *branch_stack;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 0902fe418754ec0c3149d3daeafc122fee65e243..738ce226002b8a0e88093fefaf74e9fe6093a13a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1643,6 +1643,7 @@ int perf_evsel__parse_sample(struct perf_evsel *evsel, union perf_event *event,
 	data->stream_id = data->id = data->time = -1ULL;
 	data->period = evsel->attr.sample_period;
 	data->weight = 0;
+	data->cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
 
 	if (event->header.type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE) {
 		if (!evsel->attr.sample_id_all)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index ad79297c76c87533fb961ac5f8e3daee58f2fda6..80b9b6a87990b29e4722a956e62814130c1290de 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1301,9 +1301,8 @@ static int machine__process_kernel_mmap_event(struct machine *machine,
 
 int machine__process_mmap2_event(struct machine *machine,
 				 union perf_event *event,
-				 struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused)
+				 struct perf_sample *sample)
 {
-	u8 cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
 	struct thread *thread;
 	struct map *map;
 	enum map_type type;
@@ -1312,8 +1311,8 @@ int machine__process_mmap2_event(struct machine *machine,
 	if (dump_trace)
 		perf_event__fprintf_mmap2(event, stdout);
 
-	if (cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL ||
-	    cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL) {
+	if (sample->cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL ||
+	    sample->cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL) {
 		ret = machine__process_kernel_mmap_event(machine, event);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out_problem;
@@ -1355,9 +1354,8 @@ int machine__process_mmap2_event(struct machine *machine,
 }
 
 int machine__process_mmap_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event,
-				struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused)
+				struct perf_sample *sample)
 {
-	u8 cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
 	struct thread *thread;
 	struct map *map;
 	enum map_type type;
@@ -1366,8 +1364,8 @@ int machine__process_mmap_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event
 	if (dump_trace)
 		perf_event__fprintf_mmap(event, stdout);
 
-	if (cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL ||
-	    cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL) {
+	if (sample->cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL ||
+	    sample->cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL) {
 		ret = machine__process_kernel_mmap_event(machine, event);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out_problem;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 60b3593d210dbc3b52997a693bcc8f9645687f08..4abd85c6346dd5d8193108d8c72668dfe2ef2948 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1107,12 +1107,11 @@ static struct machine *machines__find_for_cpumode(struct machines *machines,
 					       union perf_event *event,
 					       struct perf_sample *sample)
 {
-	const u8 cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
 	struct machine *machine;
 
 	if (perf_guest &&
-	    ((cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL) ||
-	     (cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_USER))) {
+	    ((sample->cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL) ||
+	     (sample->cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_USER))) {
 		u32 pid;
 
 		if (event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_MMAP