diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index d1392194a9a951bd3e1dd5c9b72fd383ede98439..d1b6c206bb93ab2b58c81b9c92c39de10c3c4a09 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -336,20 +336,12 @@ static int perf_evlist__nr_threads(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 
 void perf_evlist__disable(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
-	int cpu, thread;
 	struct perf_evsel *pos;
-	int nr_cpus = cpu_map__nr(evlist->cpus);
-	int nr_threads;
 
-	for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
-		evlist__for_each(evlist, pos) {
-			if (!perf_evsel__is_group_leader(pos) || !pos->fd)
-				continue;
-			nr_threads = perf_evlist__nr_threads(evlist, pos);
-			for (thread = 0; thread < nr_threads; thread++)
-				ioctl(FD(pos, cpu, thread),
-				      PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE, 0);
-		}
+	evlist__for_each(evlist, pos) {
+		if (!perf_evsel__is_group_leader(pos) || !pos->fd)
+			continue;
+		perf_evsel__disable(pos);
 	}
 
 	evlist->enabled = false;
@@ -357,20 +349,12 @@ void perf_evlist__disable(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 
 void perf_evlist__enable(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
-	int cpu, thread;
 	struct perf_evsel *pos;
-	int nr_cpus = cpu_map__nr(evlist->cpus);
-	int nr_threads;
 
-	for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
-		evlist__for_each(evlist, pos) {
-			if (!perf_evsel__is_group_leader(pos) || !pos->fd)
-				continue;
-			nr_threads = perf_evlist__nr_threads(evlist, pos);
-			for (thread = 0; thread < nr_threads; thread++)
-				ioctl(FD(pos, cpu, thread),
-				      PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE, 0);
-		}
+	evlist__for_each(evlist, pos) {
+		if (!perf_evsel__is_group_leader(pos) || !pos->fd)
+			continue;
+		perf_evsel__enable(pos);
 	}
 
 	evlist->enabled = true;