diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index e05ba817f8ce0facf07fdbaf140612145e6fbeb5..7978c8117b7f63277980aabc872d4f924a4fbdf0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ static void perf_event__process_sample(struct perf_tool *tool,
 		static struct intlist *seen;
 
 		if (!seen)
-			seen = intlist__new();
+			seen = intlist__new(NULL);
 
 		if (!intlist__has_entry(seen, event->ip.pid)) {
 			pr_err("Can't find guest [%d]'s kernel information\n",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intlist.c b/tools/perf/util/intlist.c
index cbf0c32ce4035a2ce7299d505b421bbc08d22492..11a8d86f7fea3bf4ec5fb8cb05f27dc4c491d948 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intlist.c
@@ -73,7 +73,26 @@ struct int_node *intlist__find(struct intlist *ilist, int i)
 	return node;
 }
 
-struct intlist *intlist__new(void)
+static int intlist__parse_list(struct intlist *ilist, const char *s)
+{
+	char *sep;
+	int err;
+
+	do {
+		long value = strtol(s, &sep, 10);
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		if (*sep != ',' && *sep != '\0')
+			break;
+		err = intlist__add(ilist, value);
+		if (err)
+			break;
+		s = sep + 1;
+	} while (*sep != '\0');
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+struct intlist *intlist__new(const char *slist)
 {
 	struct intlist *ilist = malloc(sizeof(*ilist));
 
@@ -82,9 +101,15 @@ struct intlist *intlist__new(void)
 		ilist->rblist.node_cmp    = intlist__node_cmp;
 		ilist->rblist.node_new    = intlist__node_new;
 		ilist->rblist.node_delete = intlist__node_delete;
+
+		if (slist && intlist__parse_list(ilist, slist))
+			goto out_delete;
 	}
 
 	return ilist;
+out_delete:
+	intlist__delete(ilist);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 void intlist__delete(struct intlist *ilist)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intlist.h b/tools/perf/util/intlist.h
index 6d63ab90db508e29fd7b1e8affdaae3bd7d9f401..62351dad848f76c478cced833c315cc71ff1ed63 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intlist.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ struct intlist {
 	struct rblist rblist;
 };
 
-struct intlist *intlist__new(void);
+struct intlist *intlist__new(const char *slist);
 void intlist__delete(struct intlist *ilist);
 
 void intlist__remove(struct intlist *ilist, struct int_node *in);