if (FD(evsel, cpu, thread) < 0)
                return -EINVAL;
 
+       if (evsel->counts == NULL && perf_evsel__alloc_counts(evsel, cpu + 1) < 0)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
        if (readn(FD(evsel, cpu, thread), &count, nv * sizeof(u64)) < 0)
                return -errno;
 
 {
        int cpu;
 
+       if (evsel->fd == NULL && perf_evsel__alloc_fd(evsel, cpus->nr, 1) < 0)
+               return -1;
+
        for (cpu = 0; cpu < cpus->nr; cpu++) {
                FD(evsel, cpu, 0) = sys_perf_event_open(&evsel->attr, -1,
                                                        cpus->map[cpu], -1, 0);
 {
        int thread;
 
+       if (evsel->fd == NULL && perf_evsel__alloc_fd(evsel, 1, threads->nr))
+               return -1;
+
        for (thread = 0; thread < threads->nr; thread++) {
                FD(evsel, 0, thread) = sys_perf_event_open(&evsel->attr,
                                                           threads->map[thread], -1, -1, 0);