diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index f0bc89f7439158007042590f93280355dc5ea6d2..45d778f063d473b7cacf31137d67755dacd56773 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1827,6 +1827,20 @@ static void evsel__disable_missing_features(struct evsel *evsel)
 		evsel->core.attr.sample_id_all = 0;
 }
 
+int evsel__prepare_open(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
+			struct perf_thread_map *threads)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = __evsel__prepare_open(evsel, cpus, threads);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	evsel__disable_missing_features(evsel);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int evsel__open_cpu(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
 		struct perf_thread_map *threads,
 		int start_cpu, int end_cpu)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 76efcfa3e14d093edfe0f2fbf420e6423c407ebb..b173700db8af6858c95e262bc394d4a6f3402576 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ int evsel__open_per_thread(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_thread_map *threads)
 int evsel__open(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
 		struct perf_thread_map *threads);
 void evsel__close(struct evsel *evsel);
+int evsel__prepare_open(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
+		struct perf_thread_map *threads);
 
 struct perf_sample;