diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browser.c b/tools/perf/ui/browser.c
index a4d3762cd8250c0e799978d0454d52a04073b8f1..83874b0e266c5ca57c73e85b4ba4b229f77b446d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browser.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browser.c
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ static void __ui_browser__line_arrow_down(struct ui_browser *browser,
 		ui_browser__gotorc(browser, row, column + 1);
 		SLsmg_draw_hline(2);
 
-		if (row++ == 0)
+		if (++row == 0)
 			goto out;
 	} else
 		row = 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 87b43188667046c8a676b9bcbb3f2c7c315eb9bc..413f74df08de7cae06b1313ef0ed4c1339ee2093 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(void)
 	struct perf_event_attr attr = {
 		.type	= PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
 		.config	= PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES,
-		.exclude_kernel	= 1,
+		.exclude_kernel	= geteuid() != 0,
 	};
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 
@@ -298,8 +298,10 @@ struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(void)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* use asprintf() because free(evsel) assumes name is allocated */
-	if (asprintf(&evsel->name, "cycles%.*s",
-		     attr.precise_ip ? attr.precise_ip + 1 : 0, ":ppp") < 0)
+	if (asprintf(&evsel->name, "cycles%s%s%.*s",
+		     (attr.precise_ip || attr.exclude_kernel) ? ":" : "",
+		     attr.exclude_kernel ? "u" : "",
+		     attr.precise_ip ? attr.precise_ip + 1 : 0, "ppp") < 0)
 		goto error_free;
 out:
 	return evsel;