diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 62ae30d34fa6c14734a5f171b52e7b3bb0979257..262589991ea4aef5fdd13e21d1f3d7f66a61f262 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ static int add_default_attributes(void)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!evsel_list->nr_entries) {
-		if (perf_evlist__add_attrs_array(evsel_list, default_attrs) < 0)
+		if (perf_evlist__add_default_attrs(evsel_list, default_attrs) < 0)
 			return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1139,21 +1139,21 @@ static int add_default_attributes(void)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Append detailed run extra attributes: */
-	if (perf_evlist__add_attrs_array(evsel_list, detailed_attrs) < 0)
+	if (perf_evlist__add_default_attrs(evsel_list, detailed_attrs) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (detailed_run < 2)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Append very detailed run extra attributes: */
-	if (perf_evlist__add_attrs_array(evsel_list, very_detailed_attrs) < 0)
+	if (perf_evlist__add_default_attrs(evsel_list, very_detailed_attrs) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (detailed_run < 3)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Append very, very detailed run extra attributes: */
-	return perf_evlist__add_attrs_array(evsel_list, very_very_detailed_attrs);
+	return perf_evlist__add_default_attrs(evsel_list, very_very_detailed_attrs);
 }
 
 int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 4ac5f5ae4ce903a9284d6b4f105493da2bc454c5..ed277e5627cf3b3bfc2f95604f63421b39eb0110 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -159,6 +159,17 @@ int perf_evlist__add_attrs(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 	return -1;
 }
 
+int __perf_evlist__add_default_attrs(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+				     struct perf_event_attr *attrs, size_t nr_attrs)
+{
+	size_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_attrs; i++)
+		event_attr_init(attrs + i);
+
+	return perf_evlist__add_attrs(evlist, attrs, nr_attrs);
+}
+
 static int trace_event__id(const char *evname)
 {
 	char *filename, *colon;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 58abb63ac13a42ac14f3014ba5977f4635797592..989bee9624c23c66e002b7a245c89c7114f3b219 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ void perf_evlist__add(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *entry);
 int perf_evlist__add_default(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 int perf_evlist__add_attrs(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 			   struct perf_event_attr *attrs, size_t nr_attrs);
+int __perf_evlist__add_default_attrs(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+				     struct perf_event_attr *attrs, size_t nr_attrs);
 int perf_evlist__add_tracepoints(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 				 const char *tracepoints[], size_t nr_tracepoints);
 int perf_evlist__set_tracepoints_handlers(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ int perf_evlist__set_tracepoints_handlers(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 
 #define perf_evlist__add_attrs_array(evlist, array) \
 	perf_evlist__add_attrs(evlist, array, ARRAY_SIZE(array))
+#define perf_evlist__add_default_attrs(evlist, array) \
+	__perf_evlist__add_default_attrs(evlist, array, ARRAY_SIZE(array))
 
 #define perf_evlist__add_tracepoints_array(evlist, array) \
 	perf_evlist__add_tracepoints(evlist, array, ARRAY_SIZE(array))