diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/evsel.c b/tools/perf/lib/evsel.c
index ea775dacbd2d23d73b1e77b77934e14e7212704a..4dc06289f4c75334619705ffa19bef32f6ebb504 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/evsel.c
@@ -198,38 +198,61 @@ int perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread,
 }
 
 static int perf_evsel__run_ioctl(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-				 int ioc,  void *arg)
+				 int ioc,  void *arg,
+				 int cpu)
 {
-	int cpu, thread;
+	int thread;
 
-	for (cpu = 0; cpu < xyarray__max_x(evsel->fd); cpu++) {
-		for (thread = 0; thread < xyarray__max_y(evsel->fd); thread++) {
-			int fd = FD(evsel, cpu, thread),
-			    err = ioctl(fd, ioc, arg);
+	for (thread = 0; thread < xyarray__max_y(evsel->fd); thread++) {
+		int fd = FD(evsel, cpu, thread),
+		    err = ioctl(fd, ioc, arg);
 
-			if (err)
-				return err;
-		}
+		if (err)
+			return err;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int perf_evsel__enable_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu)
+{
+	return perf_evsel__run_ioctl(evsel, PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE, NULL, cpu);
+}
+
 int perf_evsel__enable(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
-	return perf_evsel__run_ioctl(evsel, PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE, 0);
+	int i;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < xyarray__max_x(evsel->fd) && !err; i++)
+		err = perf_evsel__run_ioctl(evsel, PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE, NULL, i);
+	return err;
+}
+
+int perf_evsel__disable_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu)
+{
+	return perf_evsel__run_ioctl(evsel, PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE, NULL, cpu);
 }
 
 int perf_evsel__disable(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
-	return perf_evsel__run_ioctl(evsel, PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE, 0);
+	int i;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < xyarray__max_x(evsel->fd) && !err; i++)
+		err = perf_evsel__run_ioctl(evsel, PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE, NULL, i);
+	return err;
 }
 
 int perf_evsel__apply_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const char *filter)
 {
-	return perf_evsel__run_ioctl(evsel,
+	int err = 0, i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < evsel->cpus->nr && !err; i++)
+		err = perf_evsel__run_ioctl(evsel,
 				     PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER,
-				     (void *)filter);
+				     (void *)filter, i);
+	return err;
 }
 
 struct perf_cpu_map *perf_evsel__cpus(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evsel.h b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evsel.h
index e7add554f861c0597157963ad2d85daf35cb2a1a..c82ec39a4ad064dc349fc65ce6feb7553442605b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evsel.h
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ LIBPERF_API void perf_evsel__close_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu);
 LIBPERF_API int perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread,
 				 struct perf_counts_values *count);
 LIBPERF_API int perf_evsel__enable(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+LIBPERF_API int perf_evsel__enable_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu);
 LIBPERF_API int perf_evsel__disable(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+LIBPERF_API int perf_evsel__disable_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu);
 LIBPERF_API struct perf_cpu_map *perf_evsel__cpus(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 LIBPERF_API struct perf_thread_map *perf_evsel__threads(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 LIBPERF_API struct perf_event_attr *perf_evsel__attr(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index aa180d1df50f7e541912d9222eca1634d5be443f..a69e64236120a7d4c8bf4ceb84434a439b51f6ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1223,16 +1223,27 @@ int perf_evsel__append_addr_filter(struct evsel *evsel, const char *filter)
 	return perf_evsel__append_filter(evsel, "%s,%s", filter);
 }
 
+/* Caller has to clear disabled after going through all CPUs. */
+int evsel__enable_cpu(struct evsel *evsel, int cpu)
+{
+	return perf_evsel__enable_cpu(&evsel->core, cpu);
+}
+
 int evsel__enable(struct evsel *evsel)
 {
 	int err = perf_evsel__enable(&evsel->core);
 
 	if (!err)
 		evsel->disabled = false;
-
 	return err;
 }
 
+/* Caller has to set disabled after going through all CPUs. */
+int evsel__disable_cpu(struct evsel *evsel, int cpu)
+{
+	return perf_evsel__disable_cpu(&evsel->core, cpu);
+}
+
 int evsel__disable(struct evsel *evsel)
 {
 	int err = perf_evsel__disable(&evsel->core);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index c8af4bc23f8ff39151ff7e4acf99d2581c569f74..dc14f4a823cd6a1cee5e2f9edae77cb2ac2e92bb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -222,8 +222,10 @@ int perf_evsel__set_filter(struct evsel *evsel, const char *filter);
 int perf_evsel__append_tp_filter(struct evsel *evsel, const char *filter);
 int perf_evsel__append_addr_filter(struct evsel *evsel,
 				   const char *filter);
+int evsel__enable_cpu(struct evsel *evsel, int cpu);
 int evsel__enable(struct evsel *evsel);
 int evsel__disable(struct evsel *evsel);
+int evsel__disable_cpu(struct evsel *evsel, int cpu);
 
 int perf_evsel__open_per_cpu(struct evsel *evsel,
 			     struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,