static int record__synthesize_workload(struct record *rec, bool tail)
 {
-       struct {
-               struct thread_map map;
-               struct thread_map_data map_data;
-       } thread_map;
+       int err;
+       struct thread_map *thread_map;
 
        if (rec->opts.tail_synthesize != tail)
                return 0;
 
-       thread_map.map.nr = 1;
-       thread_map.map.map[0].pid = rec->evlist->workload.pid;
-       thread_map.map.map[0].comm = NULL;
-       return perf_event__synthesize_thread_map(&rec->tool, &thread_map.map,
+       thread_map = thread_map__new_by_tid(rec->evlist->workload.pid);
+       if (thread_map == NULL)
+               return -1;
+
+       err = perf_event__synthesize_thread_map(&rec->tool, thread_map,
                                                 process_synthesized_event,
                                                 &rec->session->machines.host,
                                                 rec->opts.sample_address,
                                                 rec->opts.proc_map_timeout);
+       thread_map__put(thread_map);
+       return err;
 }
 
 static int record__synthesize(struct record *rec, bool tail);