diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 030ae7f05e03e14914de465dc3e451b74dfd8bd3..190c64c6e266c58368495ba45b8cebd2ca8e4e6c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -106,12 +106,24 @@ void perf_evlist__add_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int fd)
 	evlist->nr_fds++;
 }
 
-static int perf_evlist__id_hash(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-			       int cpu, int thread, int fd)
+void perf_evlist__id_hash(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+			  int cpu, int thread, u64 id)
+{
+	int hash;
+	struct perf_sample_id *sid = SID(evsel, cpu, thread);
+
+	sid->id = id;
+	sid->evsel = evsel;
+	hash = hash_64(sid->id, PERF_EVLIST__HLIST_BITS);
+	hlist_add_head(&sid->node, &evlist->heads[hash]);
+}
+
+static int perf_evlist__id_hash_fd(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+				   struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+				   int cpu, int thread, int fd)
 {
-	struct perf_sample_id *sid;
 	u64 read_data[4] = { 0, };
-	int hash, id_idx = 1; /* The first entry is the counter value */
+	int id_idx = 1; /* The first entry is the counter value */
 
 	if (!(evsel->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID) ||
 	    read(fd, &read_data, sizeof(read_data)) == -1)
@@ -122,11 +134,7 @@ static int perf_evlist__id_hash(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *e
 	if (evsel->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING)
 		++id_idx;
 
-	sid = SID(evsel, cpu, thread);
-	sid->id = read_data[id_idx];
-	sid->evsel = evsel;
-	hash = hash_64(sid->id, PERF_EVLIST__HLIST_BITS);
-	hlist_add_head(&sid->node, &evlist->heads[hash]);
+	perf_evlist__id_hash(evlist, evsel, cpu, thread, read_data[id_idx]);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -300,7 +308,7 @@ int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int pages, bool overwrite)
 					goto out_unmap;
 
 				if ((evsel->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID) &&
-				    perf_evlist__id_hash(evlist, evsel, cpu, thread, fd) < 0)
+				    perf_evlist__id_hash_fd(evlist, evsel, cpu, thread, fd) < 0)
 					goto out_unmap;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index b75805aeb7e4dc3dbd5d6eec24bd1d5eed26871f..078d512560854d215ce24509480876f74f5a1b70 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ void perf_evlist__delete(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 void perf_evlist__add(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *entry);
 int perf_evlist__add_default(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
+void perf_evlist__id_hash(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+			  int cpu, int thread, u64 id);
+
 int perf_evlist__alloc_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 void perf_evlist__add_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int fd);