diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index f74fbb652a4f..ce501ba14b08 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "print_binary.h"
 #include "thread_map.h"
+#include "mmap.h"
 
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
 #define _PyUnicode_FromString(arg) \
@@ -976,6 +977,20 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__add(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
 	return Py_BuildValue("i", evlist->nr_entries);
 }
 
+static struct perf_mmap *get_md(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int cpu)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
+		struct perf_mmap *md = &evlist->mmap[i];
+
+		if (md->cpu == cpu)
+			return md;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__read_on_cpu(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
 					  PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 {
@@ -990,7 +1005,10 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__read_on_cpu(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
 					 &cpu, &sample_id_all))
 		return NULL;
 
-	md = &evlist->mmap[cpu];
+	md = get_md(evlist, cpu);
+	if (!md)
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (perf_mmap__read_init(md) < 0)
 		goto end;