return true;
 }
 
-static int perf_evlist__add_pgfault(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
-                                   u64 config)
+static struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_pgfault(u64 config)
 {
        struct perf_evsel *evsel;
        struct perf_event_attr attr = {
        event_attr_init(&attr);
 
        evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
-       if (!evsel)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
-       evsel->handler = trace__pgfault;
-       perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
+       if (evsel)
+               evsel->handler = trace__pgfault;
 
-       return 0;
+       return evsel;
 }
 
 static void trace__handle_event(struct trace *trace, union perf_event *event, struct perf_sample *sample)
 static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 {
        struct perf_evlist *evlist = trace->evlist;
-       struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel, *pgfault_maj = NULL, *pgfault_min = NULL;
        int err = -1, i;
        unsigned long before;
        const bool forks = argc > 0;
        if (trace->trace_syscalls)
                trace->vfs_getname = perf_evlist__add_vfs_getname(evlist);
 
-       if ((trace->trace_pgfaults & TRACE_PFMAJ) &&
-           perf_evlist__add_pgfault(evlist, PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ)) {
-               goto out_error_mem;
+       if ((trace->trace_pgfaults & TRACE_PFMAJ)) {
+               pgfault_maj = perf_evsel__new_pgfault(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ);
+               if (pgfault_maj == NULL)
+                       goto out_error_mem;
+               perf_evlist__add(evlist, pgfault_maj);
        }
 
-       if ((trace->trace_pgfaults & TRACE_PFMIN) &&
-           perf_evlist__add_pgfault(evlist, PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN))
-               goto out_error_mem;
+       if ((trace->trace_pgfaults & TRACE_PFMIN)) {
+               pgfault_min = perf_evsel__new_pgfault(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN);
+               if (pgfault_min == NULL)
+                       goto out_error_mem;
+               perf_evlist__add(evlist, pgfault_min);
+       }
 
        if (trace->sched &&
            perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "sched", "sched_stat_runtime",