diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 214affaf1cf6bdc2a1f7ee8011ef6ff9fff20642..6cfdee68e76398cdb2d53c6950d8c34ea969484a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1117,7 +1117,9 @@ static int perf_evlist__propagate_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 		if (!evsel->cpus || target->cpu_list)
 			evsel->cpus = cpu_map__get(evlist->cpus);
 
-		if (!evsel->cpus)
+		evsel->threads = thread_map__get(evlist->threads);
+
+		if (!evsel->cpus || !evsel->threads)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 31b0afb6882579053ea68ccfb32f1b61f6f09bf9..1b2f480a3e821a397c225c3ca91943b9b787520f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ void perf_evsel__exit(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 	perf_evsel__free_id(evsel);
 	close_cgroup(evsel->cgrp);
 	cpu_map__put(evsel->cpus);
+	thread_map__put(evsel->threads);
 	zfree(&evsel->group_name);
 	zfree(&evsel->name);
 	perf_evsel__object.fini(evsel);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index bb0579e8a10a4556119c5aa313cd22ddacdbc220..9e16a5c4eb01fed26ea5426a0c4474e9179d4c9b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
 	struct cgroup_sel	*cgrp;
 	void			*handler;
 	struct cpu_map		*cpus;
+	struct thread_map	*threads;
 	unsigned int		sample_size;
 	int			id_pos;
 	int			is_pos;