diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index ec331969b7d7bb617801c3708658d63ef5e05808..901d481e6cea589a3e29675a5124b05434a94eb7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -1041,7 +1041,8 @@ static int hist_browser__show_entry(struct hist_browser *browser,
 		hist_browser__gotorc(browser, row, 0);
 
 		perf_hpp__for_each_format(fmt) {
-			if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt) || column++ < browser->b.horiz_scroll)
+			if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, entry->hists) ||
+			    column++ < browser->b.horiz_scroll)
 				continue;
 
 			if (current_entry && browser->b.navkeypressed) {
@@ -1144,7 +1145,7 @@ static int hists_browser__scnprintf_headers(struct hist_browser *browser, char *
 	}
 
 	perf_hpp__for_each_format(fmt) {
-		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt)  || column++ < browser->b.horiz_scroll)
+		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, hists)  || column++ < browser->b.horiz_scroll)
 			continue;
 
 		ret = fmt->header(fmt, &dummy_hpp, hists_to_evsel(hists));
@@ -1414,7 +1415,7 @@ static int hist_browser__fprintf_entry(struct hist_browser *browser,
 		printed += fprintf(fp, "%c ", folded_sign);
 
 	perf_hpp__for_each_format(fmt) {
-		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt))
+		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, he->hists))
 			continue;
 
 		if (!first) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
index 467717276ab6f47591dbb4b4adbf61d1fa90606a..0f8dcfdfb10f3856abefc7f252631e8937bacf6b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static void perf_gtk__show_hists(GtkWidget *window, struct hists *hists,
 	col_idx = 0;
 
 	perf_hpp__for_each_format(fmt) {
-		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt))
+		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, hists))
 			continue;
 
 		/*
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static void perf_gtk__show_hists(GtkWidget *window, struct hists *hists,
 		col_idx = 0;
 
 		perf_hpp__for_each_format(fmt) {
-			if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt))
+			if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, h->hists))
 				continue;
 
 			if (fmt->color)
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
index 5029ba2b55af0cb20daaeec875d1f493dc807e62..8263c0eb9fb5bd5adf2b9abccc7dfc2839293ac0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ unsigned int hists__sort_list_width(struct hists *hists)
 	struct perf_hpp dummy_hpp;
 
 	perf_hpp__for_each_format(fmt) {
-		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt))
+		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, hists))
 			continue;
 
 		if (first)
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
index 7ebc661be26772b983b2068a12423ec1d6ceae85..387110d50b002557d99e723605407c3db990d71a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static int hist_entry__snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, struct perf_hpp *hpp)
 		return 0;
 
 	perf_hpp__for_each_format(fmt) {
-		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt))
+		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, he->hists))
 			continue;
 
 		/*
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *hists, bool show_header, int max_rows,
 	fprintf(fp, "# ");
 
 	perf_hpp__for_each_format(fmt) {
-		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt))
+		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, hists))
 			continue;
 
 		if (!first)
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *hists, bool show_header, int max_rows,
 	perf_hpp__for_each_format(fmt) {
 		unsigned int i;
 
-		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt))
+		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, hists))
 			continue;
 
 		if (!first)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index fdb97e16a8c31334d93c3423a3a41b3cad11acb4..afc9b8f1b36cac095cc068232ae81be78c0e767b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ static int hist_entry__sort(struct hist_entry *a, struct hist_entry *b)
 	int64_t cmp = 0;
 
 	perf_hpp__for_each_sort_list(fmt) {
-		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt))
+		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, a->hists))
 			continue;
 
 		cmp = fmt->sort(fmt, a, b);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index 15b22c563d309ff4f7e5780b75629316fa7e8d94..cb8f37349972b099888582955753017b0e1f7857 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -262,10 +262,20 @@ void perf_hpp__append_sort_keys(void);
 
 bool perf_hpp__is_sort_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format);
 bool perf_hpp__same_sort_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *a, struct perf_hpp_fmt *b);
+bool perf_hpp__is_dynamic_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format);
+bool perf_hpp__defined_dynamic_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct hists *hists);
 
-static inline bool perf_hpp__should_skip(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format)
+static inline bool perf_hpp__should_skip(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format,
+					 struct hists *hists)
 {
-	return format->elide;
+	if (format->elide)
+		return true;
+
+	if (perf_hpp__is_dynamic_entry(format) &&
+	    !perf_hpp__defined_dynamic_entry(format, hists))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
 }
 
 void perf_hpp__reset_width(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct hists *hists);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index f6aef15a651dcbb4681819153bb10fdb64fb59df..fd56223793a8675abd08a53b818b26e9b841b627 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -1698,6 +1698,15 @@ static int __sort__hde_width(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
 	return len;
 }
 
+bool perf_hpp__defined_dynamic_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct hists *hists)
+{
+	struct hpp_dynamic_entry *hde;
+
+	hde = container_of(fmt, struct hpp_dynamic_entry, hpp);
+
+	return hists_to_evsel(hists) == hde->evsel;
+}
+
 static int __sort__hde_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct perf_hpp *hpp,
 			     struct hist_entry *he)
 {
@@ -1714,9 +1723,6 @@ static int __sort__hde_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct perf_hpp *hpp,
 	if (!len)
 		len = hde_width(hde);
 
-	if (hists_to_evsel(he->hists) != hde->evsel)
-		return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, "%*.*s", len, len, "N/A");
-
 	if (hde->raw_trace)
 		goto raw_field;
 
@@ -1769,9 +1775,6 @@ static int64_t __sort__hde_cmp(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
 
 	hde = container_of(fmt, struct hpp_dynamic_entry, hpp);
 
-	if (hists_to_evsel(a->hists) != hde->evsel)
-		return 0;
-
 	field = hde->field;
 	if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC) {
 		unsigned long long dyn;
@@ -1794,6 +1797,11 @@ static int64_t __sort__hde_cmp(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
 	return memcmp(a->raw_data + offset, b->raw_data + offset, size);
 }
 
+bool perf_hpp__is_dynamic_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt)
+{
+	return fmt->cmp == __sort__hde_cmp;
+}
+
 static struct hpp_dynamic_entry *
 __alloc_dynamic_entry(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct format_field *field)
 {