diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index f2fc019b36712f3b03e0f486526294d4f7637322..1fded922bcc89e55cb0c40e3fc7d8db671a2bfbf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 #include "builtin.h"
 
+#include "util/env.h"
 #include "util/exec_cmd.h"
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/quote.h"
@@ -369,6 +370,7 @@ static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
 	exit_browser(status);
+	perf_env__exit(&perf_env);
 
 	if (status)
 		return status & 0xff;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/env.c b/tools/perf/util/env.c
index ca1e33a2203e1b1e8db0448ad08dfdba9993bcbf..6af4f7c36820aee49ff6c7f563e56195553a97cc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/env.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/env.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "cpumap.h"
 #include "env.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
@@ -56,3 +57,30 @@ int perf_env__set_cmdline(struct perf_env *env, int argc, const char *argv[])
 out_enomem:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
+
+int perf_env__read_cpu_topology_map(struct perf_env *env)
+{
+	int cpu, nr_cpus;
+
+	if (env->cpu != NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (env->nr_cpus_avail == 0)
+		env->nr_cpus_avail = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+
+	nr_cpus = env->nr_cpus_avail;
+	if (nr_cpus == -1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	env->cpu = calloc(nr_cpus, sizeof(env->cpu[0]));
+	if (env->cpu == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; ++cpu) {
+		env->cpu[cpu].core_id	= cpu_map__get_core_id(cpu);
+		env->cpu[cpu].socket_id	= cpu_map__get_socket_id(cpu);
+	}
+
+	env->nr_cpus_avail = nr_cpus;
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/env.h b/tools/perf/util/env.h
index d0d1a9681531a58ed634aa55b3c6a8bedb417c76..0132b9557c02b56f7f31e3e51981d55b0d1027bd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/env.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/env.h
@@ -39,4 +39,6 @@ void perf_env__exit(struct perf_env *env);
 
 int perf_env__set_cmdline(struct perf_env *env, int argc, const char *argv[]);
 
+int perf_env__read_cpu_topology_map(struct perf_env *env);
+
 #endif /* __PERF_ENV_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index f307b17aa45e05e710a4695ba2f28ba544243729..46ec6c5ca47fb3c9f08ab5c1d0e06513bee98bd1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -415,8 +415,6 @@ struct cpu_topo {
 	u32 thread_sib;
 	char **core_siblings;
 	char **thread_siblings;
-	int *core_id;
-	int *phy_pkg_id;
 };
 
 static int build_cpu_topo(struct cpu_topo *tp, int cpu)
@@ -479,9 +477,6 @@ static int build_cpu_topo(struct cpu_topo *tp, int cpu)
 	}
 	ret = 0;
 done:
-	tp->core_id[cpu] = cpu_map__get_core_id(cpu);
-	tp->phy_pkg_id[cpu] = cpu_map__get_socket_id(cpu);
-
 	if(fp)
 		fclose(fp);
 	free(buf);
@@ -509,7 +504,7 @@ static struct cpu_topo *build_cpu_topology(void)
 	struct cpu_topo *tp;
 	void *addr;
 	u32 nr, i;
-	size_t sz, sz_id;
+	size_t sz;
 	long ncpus;
 	int ret = -1;
 
@@ -520,9 +515,8 @@ static struct cpu_topo *build_cpu_topology(void)
 	nr = (u32)(ncpus & UINT_MAX);
 
 	sz = nr * sizeof(char *);
-	sz_id = nr * sizeof(int);
 
-	addr = calloc(1, sizeof(*tp) + 2 * sz + 2 * sz_id);
+	addr = calloc(1, sizeof(*tp) + 2 * sz);
 	if (!addr)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -532,10 +526,6 @@ static struct cpu_topo *build_cpu_topology(void)
 	tp->core_siblings = addr;
 	addr += sz;
 	tp->thread_siblings = addr;
-	addr += sz;
-	tp->core_id = addr;
-	addr += sz_id;
-	tp->phy_pkg_id = addr;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 		ret = build_cpu_topo(tp, i);
@@ -554,7 +544,7 @@ static int write_cpu_topology(int fd, struct perf_header *h __maybe_unused,
 {
 	struct cpu_topo *tp;
 	u32 i;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, j;
 
 	tp = build_cpu_topology();
 	if (!tp)
@@ -579,11 +569,17 @@ static int write_cpu_topology(int fd, struct perf_header *h __maybe_unused,
 			break;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < tp->cpu_nr; i++) {
-		ret = do_write(fd, &tp->core_id[i], sizeof(int));
+	ret = perf_env__read_cpu_topology_map(&perf_env);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto done;
+
+	for (j = 0; j < perf_env.nr_cpus_avail; j++) {
+		ret = do_write(fd, &perf_env.cpu[j].core_id,
+			       sizeof(perf_env.cpu[j].core_id));
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
-		ret = do_write(fd, &tp->phy_pkg_id[i], sizeof(int));
+		ret = do_write(fd, &perf_env.cpu[j].socket_id,
+			       sizeof(perf_env.cpu[j].socket_id));
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 	}