diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 5281629c27b1..faf99a81ad3e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -765,13 +765,6 @@ static void block_hists_match(struct hists *hists_base,
 	}
 }
 
-static int filter_cb(struct hist_entry *he, void *arg __maybe_unused)
-{
-	/* Skip the calculation of column length in output_resort */
-	he->filtered = true;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void hists__precompute(struct hists *hists)
 {
 	struct rb_root_cached *root;
@@ -820,8 +813,8 @@ static void hists__precompute(struct hists *hists)
 				if (bh->valid && pair_bh->valid) {
 					block_hists_match(&bh->block_hists,
 							  &pair_bh->block_hists);
-					hists__output_resort_cb(&pair_bh->block_hists,
-								NULL, filter_cb);
+					hists__output_resort(&pair_bh->block_hists,
+							     NULL);
 				}
 				break;
 			default:
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 679a1d75090c..daa6eef4fde0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ void hists__calc_col_len(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h)
 	int symlen;
 	u16 len;
 
+	if (h->block_info)
+		return;
 	/*
 	 * +4 accounts for '[x] ' priv level info
 	 * +2 accounts for 0x prefix on raw addresses