#define __PERF_CPUMAP_H
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 struct cpu_map {
        int nr;
 struct cpu_map *cpu_map__read(FILE *file);
 size_t cpu_map__fprintf(struct cpu_map *map, FILE *fp);
 
+static inline int cpu_map__nr(const struct cpu_map *map)
+{
+       return map ? map->nr : 1;
+}
+
+static inline bool cpu_map__all(const struct cpu_map *map)
+{
+       return map ? map->map[0] == -1 : true;
+}
+
 #endif /* __PERF_CPUMAP_H */
 
        int cpu, thread;
        struct perf_evsel *pos;
 
-       for (cpu = 0; cpu < evlist->cpus->nr; cpu++) {
+       for (cpu = 0; cpu < cpu_map__nr(evlist->cpus); cpu++) {
                list_for_each_entry(pos, &evlist->entries, node) {
                        for (thread = 0; thread < evlist->threads->nr; thread++)
                                ioctl(FD(pos, cpu, thread),
 
 static int perf_evlist__alloc_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
-       int nfds = evlist->cpus->nr * evlist->threads->nr * evlist->nr_entries;
+       int nfds = cpu_map__nr(evlist->cpus) * evlist->threads->nr * evlist->nr_entries;
        evlist->pollfd = malloc(sizeof(struct pollfd) * nfds);
        return evlist->pollfd != NULL ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static int perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
-       evlist->nr_mmaps = evlist->cpus->nr;
-       if (evlist->cpus->map[0] == -1)
+       evlist->nr_mmaps = cpu_map__nr(evlist->cpus);
+       if (cpu_map__all(evlist->cpus))
                evlist->nr_mmaps = evlist->threads->nr;
        evlist->mmap = zalloc(evlist->nr_mmaps * sizeof(struct perf_mmap));
        return evlist->mmap != NULL ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
        list_for_each_entry(evsel, &evlist->entries, node) {
                if ((evsel->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID) &&
                    evsel->sample_id == NULL &&
-                   perf_evsel__alloc_id(evsel, cpus->nr, threads->nr) < 0)
+                   perf_evsel__alloc_id(evsel, cpu_map__nr(cpus), threads->nr) < 0)
                        return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
-       if (evlist->cpus->map[0] == -1)
+       if (cpu_map__all(cpus))
                return perf_evlist__mmap_per_thread(evlist, prot, mask);
 
        return perf_evlist__mmap_per_cpu(evlist, prot, mask);