diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 5a46b102eb081416d8c9af35f855a7b1b09e2e5a..5a338566195e335145a8bec29ddf95e1cad8d23e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -1655,29 +1655,28 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 	return cmd_record(i, rec_argv, NULL);
 }
 
-static const char default_sort_order[] = "avg, max, switch, runtime";
-static struct perf_sched sched = {
-	.tool = {
-		.sample		 = perf_sched__process_tracepoint_sample,
-		.comm		 = perf_event__process_comm,
-		.lost		 = perf_event__process_lost,
-		.fork		 = perf_sched__process_fork_event,
-		.ordered_samples = true,
-	},
-	.cmp_pid	      = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sched.cmp_pid),
-	.sort_list	      = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sched.sort_list),
-	.start_work_mutex     = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
-	.work_done_wait_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
-	.curr_pid	      = { [0 ... MAX_CPUS - 1] = -1 },
-	.sort_order	      = default_sort_order,
-	.replay_repeat	      = 10,
-	.profile_cpu	      = -1,
-	.next_shortname1      = 'A',
-	.next_shortname2      = '0',
-};
-
 int cmd_sched(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
+	const char default_sort_order[] = "avg, max, switch, runtime";
+	struct perf_sched sched = {
+		.tool = {
+			.sample		 = perf_sched__process_tracepoint_sample,
+			.comm		 = perf_event__process_comm,
+			.lost		 = perf_event__process_lost,
+			.fork		 = perf_sched__process_fork_event,
+			.ordered_samples = true,
+		},
+		.cmp_pid	      = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sched.cmp_pid),
+		.sort_list	      = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sched.sort_list),
+		.start_work_mutex     = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
+		.work_done_wait_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
+		.curr_pid	      = { [0 ... MAX_CPUS - 1] = -1 },
+		.sort_order	      = default_sort_order,
+		.replay_repeat	      = 10,
+		.profile_cpu	      = -1,
+		.next_shortname1      = 'A',
+		.next_shortname2      = '0',
+	};
 	const struct option latency_options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('s', "sort", &sched.sort_order, "key[,key2...]",
 		   "sort by key(s): runtime, switch, avg, max"),