goto out;
        }
 
-       evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("raw_syscalls", "sys_enter", 0);
-       if (evsel == NULL) {
-               printf("Couldn't read the raw_syscalls:sys_enter tracepoint information!\n");
+       if (perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "raw_syscalls", "sys_enter", trace__sys_enter) ||
+           perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "raw_syscalls", "sys_exit", trace__sys_exit)) {
+               printf("Couldn't read the raw_syscalls tracepoints information!\n");
                goto out_delete_evlist;
        }
 
-       evsel->handler.func = trace__sys_enter;
-       perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
-
-       evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("raw_syscalls", "sys_exit", 1);
-       if (evsel == NULL) {
-               printf("Couldn't read the raw_syscalls:sys_exit tracepoint information!\n");
-               goto out_delete_evlist;
-       }
-
-       evsel->handler.func = trace__sys_exit;
-       perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
-
        err = perf_evlist__create_maps(evlist, &trace->opts.target);
        if (err < 0) {
                printf("Problems parsing the target to trace, check your options!\n");
 
        return err;
 }
 
+int perf_evlist__add_newtp(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+                          const char *sys, const char *name, void *handler)
+{
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+       evsel = perf_evsel__newtp(sys, name, evlist->nr_entries);
+       if (evsel == NULL)
+               return -1;
+
+       evsel->handler.func = handler;
+       perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
+       return 0;
+}
+
 void perf_evlist__disable(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
        int cpu, thread;
 
 #define perf_evlist__set_tracepoints_handlers_array(evlist, array) \
        perf_evlist__set_tracepoints_handlers(evlist, array, ARRAY_SIZE(array))
 
+int perf_evlist__add_newtp(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+                          const char *sys, const char *name, void *handler);
+
 int perf_evlist__set_filter(struct perf_evlist *evlist, const char *filter);
 
 struct perf_evsel *