diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c b/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
index 17465d454a0e..a0aaf385cbb5 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
@@ -26,13 +26,10 @@
 
 void perf_evlist__init(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < PERF_EVLIST__HLIST_SIZE; ++i)
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&evlist->heads[i]);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&evlist->entries);
 	evlist->nr_entries = 0;
 	fdarray__init(&evlist->pollfd, 64);
+	perf_evlist__reset_id_hash(evlist);
 }
 
 static void __perf_evlist__propagate_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
@@ -237,6 +234,14 @@ static void perf_evlist__id_hash(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 	hlist_add_head(&sid->node, &evlist->heads[hash]);
 }
 
+void perf_evlist__reset_id_hash(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < PERF_EVLIST__HLIST_SIZE; ++i)
+		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&evlist->heads[i]);
+}
+
 void perf_evlist__id_add(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 			 struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			 int cpu, int thread, u64 id)
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evlist.h b/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evlist.h
index 2d0fa02b036f..212c29063ad4 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evlist.h
@@ -124,4 +124,6 @@ int perf_evlist__id_add_fd(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 			   struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			   int cpu, int thread, int fd);
 
+void perf_evlist__reset_id_hash(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
+
 #endif /* __LIBPERF_INTERNAL_EVLIST_H */