diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index d15517e849a3ab7b1c3b06507668b6e6f345819e..dbcb223043986959c082fcb3fdb31392aa20a4b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evli
 	if (!evlist)
 		return 0;
 
-	maps = evlist->mmap;
+	maps = backward ? evlist->backward_mmap : evlist->mmap;
 	if (!maps)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -696,8 +696,12 @@ perf_event__synth_time_conv(const struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc __maybe_unused
 static const struct perf_event_mmap_page *
 perf_evlist__pick_pc(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
-	if (evlist && evlist->mmap && evlist->mmap[0].base)
-		return evlist->mmap[0].base;
+	if (evlist) {
+		if (evlist->mmap && evlist->mmap[0].base)
+			return evlist->mmap[0].base;
+		if (evlist->backward_mmap && evlist->backward_mmap[0].base)
+			return evlist->backward_mmap[0].base;
+	}
 	return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 54ae0a0bc22c5b117d03f9fba70bcef00d7d38f1..24927e111d17083e3983605e5ed4156b4906b03e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ static void perf_evlist__purge(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 void perf_evlist__exit(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	zfree(&evlist->mmap);
+	zfree(&evlist->backward_mmap);
 	fdarray__exit(&evlist->pollfd);
 }
 
@@ -973,17 +974,20 @@ static void perf_evlist__munmap_nofree(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	if (evlist->mmap == NULL)
-		return;
+	if (evlist->mmap)
+		for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++)
+			perf_mmap__munmap(&evlist->mmap[i]);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++)
-		perf_mmap__munmap(&evlist->mmap[i]);
+	if (evlist->backward_mmap)
+		for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++)
+			perf_mmap__munmap(&evlist->backward_mmap[i]);
 }
 
 void perf_evlist__munmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	perf_evlist__munmap_nofree(evlist);
 	zfree(&evlist->mmap);
+	zfree(&evlist->backward_mmap);
 }
 
 static struct perf_mmap *perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 9e680c62c9800472af3c76d96ffec1ca84c6434c..07a1ad040c9204515f9f909d6ec6fb851d17c9d8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct perf_evlist {
 	} workload;
 	struct fdarray	 pollfd;
 	struct perf_mmap *mmap;
+	struct perf_mmap *backward_mmap;
 	struct thread_map *threads;
 	struct cpu_map	  *cpus;
 	struct perf_evsel *selected;