while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(kvm->evlist, idx)) != NULL) {
                err = perf_evlist__parse_sample(kvm->evlist, event, &sample);
                if (err) {
+                       perf_evlist__mmap_consume(kvm->evlist, idx);
                        pr_err("Failed to parse sample\n");
                        return -1;
                }
 
                err = perf_session_queue_event(kvm->session, event, &sample, 0);
+               /*
+                * FIXME: Here we can't consume the event, as perf_session_queue_event will
+                *        point to it, and it'll get possibly overwritten by the kernel.
+                */
+               perf_evlist__mmap_consume(kvm->evlist, idx);
+
                if (err) {
                        pr_err("Failed to enqueue sample: %d\n", err);
                        return -1;
 
                ret = perf_evlist__parse_sample(top->evlist, event, &sample);
                if (ret) {
                        pr_err("Can't parse sample, err = %d\n", ret);
-                       continue;
+                       goto next_event;
                }
 
                evsel = perf_evlist__id2evsel(session->evlist, sample.id);
                case PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER:
                        ++top->us_samples;
                        if (top->hide_user_symbols)
-                               continue;
+                               goto next_event;
                        machine = &session->machines.host;
                        break;
                case PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL:
                        ++top->kernel_samples;
                        if (top->hide_kernel_symbols)
-                               continue;
+                               goto next_event;
                        machine = &session->machines.host;
                        break;
                case PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL:
                         */
                        /* Fall thru */
                default:
-                       continue;
+                       goto next_event;
                }
 
 
                        machine__process_event(machine, event);
                } else
                        ++session->stats.nr_unknown_events;
+next_event:
+               perf_evlist__mmap_consume(top->evlist, idx);
        }
 }
 
 
                        err = perf_evlist__parse_sample(evlist, event, &sample);
                        if (err) {
                                fprintf(trace->output, "Can't parse sample, err = %d, skipping...\n", err);
-                               continue;
+                               goto next_event;
                        }
 
                        if (trace->base_time == 0)
                        evsel = perf_evlist__id2evsel(evlist, sample.id);
                        if (evsel == NULL) {
                                fprintf(trace->output, "Unknown tp ID %" PRIu64 ", skipping...\n", sample.id);
-                               continue;
+                               goto next_event;
                        }
 
                        if (sample.raw_data == NULL) {
                                fprintf(trace->output, "%s sample with no payload for tid: %d, cpu %d, raw_size=%d, skipping...\n",
                                       perf_evsel__name(evsel), sample.tid,
                                       sample.cpu, sample.raw_size);
-                               continue;
+                               goto next_event;
                        }
 
                        handler = evsel->handler.func;
                        handler(trace, evsel, &sample);
+next_event:
+                       perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);
 
                        if (done)
                                goto out_unmap_evlist;
 
        for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
                while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, i)) != NULL) {
                        ret = process_event(machine, evlist, event, state);
+                       perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);
                        if (ret < 0)
                                return ret;
                }
 
                            (pid_t)event->comm.tid == getpid() &&
                            strcmp(event->comm.comm, comm) == 0)
                                found += 1;
+                       perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);
                }
        }
        return found;
 
                        goto out_munmap;
                }
                nr_events[evsel->idx]++;
+               perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, 0);
        }
 
        err = 0;
 
 
                                ++nr_events;
 
-                               if (type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE)
+                               if (type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE) {
+                                       perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);
                                        continue;
+                               }
 
                                err = perf_evsel__parse_sample(evsel, event, &sample);
                                if (err) {
 
                                                 type);
                                        ++errs;
                                }
+
+                               perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);
                        }
                }
 
 
                        if (event->header.type != PERF_RECORD_COMM ||
                            (pid_t)event->comm.pid != getpid() ||
                            (pid_t)event->comm.tid != getpid())
-                               continue;
+                               goto next_event;
 
                        if (strcmp(event->comm.comm, comm1) == 0) {
                                CHECK__(perf_evsel__parse_sample(evsel, event,
                                                                 &sample));
                                comm2_time = sample.time;
                        }
+next_event:
+                       perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);
                }
        }
 
 
                struct perf_sample sample;
 
                if (event->header.type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE)
-                       continue;
+                       goto next_event;
 
                err = perf_evlist__parse_sample(evlist, event, &sample);
                if (err < 0) {
 
                total_periods += sample.period;
                nr_samples++;
+next_event:
+               perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, 0);
        }
 
        if ((u64) nr_samples == total_periods) {
 
 
 retry:
        while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, 0)) != NULL) {
-               if (event->header.type != PERF_RECORD_EXIT)
-                       continue;
+               if (event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_EXIT)
+                       nr_exit++;
 
-               nr_exit++;
+               perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, 0);
        }
 
        if (!exited || !nr_exit) {
 
 
        md->prev = old;
 
-       if (!evlist->overwrite)
-               perf_mmap__write_tail(md, old);
-
        return event;
 }
 
+void perf_evlist__mmap_consume(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx)
+{
+       if (!evlist->overwrite) {
+               struct perf_mmap *md = &evlist->mmap[idx];
+               unsigned int old = md->prev;
+
+               perf_mmap__write_tail(md, old);
+       }
+}
+
 static void __perf_evlist__munmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx)
 {
        if (evlist->mmap[idx].base != NULL) {
 
 
 union perf_event *perf_evlist__mmap_read(struct perf_evlist *self, int idx);
 
+void perf_evlist__mmap_consume(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx);
+
 int perf_evlist__open(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 void perf_evlist__close(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
 
                PyObject *pyevent = pyrf_event__new(event);
                struct pyrf_event *pevent = (struct pyrf_event *)pyevent;
 
+               perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, cpu);
+
                if (pyevent == NULL)
                        return PyErr_NoMemory();