diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.h b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
index a0ac0317affb5ffc46f69dc00c4c258d0c40c684..e214207bb13ac67df5a3c48bc379b1b65e583f75 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include <strlist.h>
 #include <intlist.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT
+#include <libunwind.h>
+#endif
 
 struct thread_stack;
 
@@ -32,6 +35,9 @@ struct thread {
 
 	void			*priv;
 	struct thread_stack	*ts;
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT
+	unw_addr_space_t	addr_space;
+#endif
 };
 
 struct machine;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
index ee7e372297e59adb7eb3c7a1ffec8acb6186f704..63687d3a344e7f39b94f465547e929b2c2779b40 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "debug.h"
+#include "asm/bug.h"
 
 extern int
 UNW_OBJ(dwarf_search_unwind_table) (unw_addr_space_t as,
@@ -580,43 +581,33 @@ static unw_accessors_t accessors = {
 
 int unwind__prepare_access(struct thread *thread)
 {
-	unw_addr_space_t addr_space;
-
 	if (callchain_param.record_mode != CALLCHAIN_DWARF)
 		return 0;
 
-	addr_space = unw_create_addr_space(&accessors, 0);
-	if (!addr_space) {
+	thread->addr_space = unw_create_addr_space(&accessors, 0);
+	if (!thread->addr_space) {
 		pr_err("unwind: Can't create unwind address space.\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	unw_set_caching_policy(addr_space, UNW_CACHE_GLOBAL);
-	thread__set_priv(thread, addr_space);
-
+	unw_set_caching_policy(thread->addr_space, UNW_CACHE_GLOBAL);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void unwind__flush_access(struct thread *thread)
 {
-	unw_addr_space_t addr_space;
-
 	if (callchain_param.record_mode != CALLCHAIN_DWARF)
 		return;
 
-	addr_space = thread__priv(thread);
-	unw_flush_cache(addr_space, 0, 0);
+	unw_flush_cache(thread->addr_space, 0, 0);
 }
 
 void unwind__finish_access(struct thread *thread)
 {
-	unw_addr_space_t addr_space;
-
 	if (callchain_param.record_mode != CALLCHAIN_DWARF)
 		return;
 
-	addr_space = thread__priv(thread);
-	unw_destroy_addr_space(addr_space);
+	unw_destroy_addr_space(thread->addr_space);
 }
 
 static int get_entries(struct unwind_info *ui, unwind_entry_cb_t cb,
@@ -639,7 +630,9 @@ static int get_entries(struct unwind_info *ui, unwind_entry_cb_t cb,
 	 * unwind itself.
 	 */
 	if (max_stack - 1 > 0) {
-		addr_space = thread__priv(ui->thread);
+		WARN_ONCE(!ui->thread, "WARNING: ui->thread is NULL");
+		addr_space = ui->thread->addr_space;
+
 		if (addr_space == NULL)
 			return -1;