.ordering_requires_timestamps = true,
 };
 
-static void perf_session__insert_hist_entry_by_name(struct rb_root *root,
-                                                   struct hist_entry *he)
+static void insert_hist_entry_by_name(struct rb_root *root,
+                                     struct hist_entry *he)
 {
        struct rb_node **p = &root->rb_node;
        struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
        rb_insert_color(&he->rb_node, root);
 }
 
-static void hists__resort_entries(struct hists *self)
+static void hists__name_resort(struct hists *self, bool sort)
 {
        unsigned long position = 1;
        struct rb_root tmp = RB_ROOT;
                struct hist_entry *n = rb_entry(next, struct hist_entry, rb_node);
 
                next = rb_next(&n->rb_node);
-               rb_erase(&n->rb_node, &self->entries);
                n->position = position++;
-               perf_session__insert_hist_entry_by_name(&tmp, n);
+
+               if (sort) {
+                       rb_erase(&n->rb_node, &self->entries);
+                       insert_hist_entry_by_name(&tmp, n);
+               }
        }
 
-       self->entries = tmp;
+       if (sort)
+               self->entries = tmp;
 }
 
 static struct hist_entry *hists__find_entry(struct hists *self,
                        n = n->rb_left;
                else if (cmp > 0)
                        n = n->rb_right;
-               else 
+               else
                        return iter;
        }
 
        return NULL;
 }
 
+static void perf_evlist__resort_hists(struct perf_evlist *evlist, bool name)
+{
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+       list_for_each_entry(evsel, &evlist->entries, node) {
+               struct hists *hists = &evsel->hists;
+
+               hists__output_resort(hists);
+
+               /*
+                * The hists__name_resort only sets possition
+                * if name is false.
+                */
+               if (name || ((!name) && show_displacement))
+                       hists__name_resort(hists, name);
+       }
+}
+
 static int __cmd_diff(void)
 {
        int ret, i;
        evlist_old = older->evlist;
        evlist_new = newer->evlist;
 
-       list_for_each_entry(evsel, &evlist_new->entries, node)
-               hists__output_resort(&evsel->hists);
-
-       list_for_each_entry(evsel, &evlist_old->entries, node) {
-               hists__output_resort(&evsel->hists);
-
-               if (show_displacement)
-                       hists__resort_entries(&evsel->hists);
-       }
+       perf_evlist__resort_hists(evlist_old, true);
+       perf_evlist__resort_hists(evlist_new, false);
 
        list_for_each_entry(evsel, &evlist_new->entries, node) {
                struct perf_evsel *evsel_old;
 
                hists__match(&evsel_old->hists, &evsel->hists);
                hists__fprintf(&evsel->hists, &evsel_old->hists,
-                              show_displacement, true, 0, 0, stdout);
+                              true, 0, 0, stdout);
        }
 
 out_delete:
 
                const char *evname = perf_evsel__name(pos);
 
                hists__fprintf_nr_sample_events(hists, evname, stdout);
-               hists__fprintf(hists, NULL, false, true, 0, 0, stdout);
+               hists__fprintf(hists, NULL, true, 0, 0, stdout);
                fprintf(stdout, "\n\n");
        }
 
 
        hists__output_recalc_col_len(&top->sym_evsel->hists,
                                     top->winsize.ws_row - 3);
        putchar('\n');
-       hists__fprintf(&top->sym_evsel->hists, NULL, false, false,
+       hists__fprintf(&top->sym_evsel->hists, NULL, false,
                       top->winsize.ws_row - 4 - printed, win_width, stdout);
 }
 
 
 }
 
 static int hpp__entry_displ(struct perf_hpp *hpp,
-                           struct hist_entry *he __maybe_unused)
+                           struct hist_entry *he)
 {
+       struct hist_entry *pair = he->pair;
+       long displacement = pair ? pair->position - he->position : 0;
        const char *fmt = symbol_conf.field_sep ? "%s" : "%6.6s";
        char buf[32] = " ";
 
-       if (hpp->displacement)
-               scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%+4ld", hpp->displacement);
+       if (displacement)
+               scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%+4ld", displacement);
 
        return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, fmt, buf);
 }
 
 
 static int hist_entry__fprintf(struct hist_entry *he, size_t size,
                               struct hists *hists, struct hists *pair_hists,
-                              long displacement, u64 total_period, FILE *fp)
+                              u64 total_period, FILE *fp)
 {
        char bf[512];
        int ret;
                .buf            = bf,
                .size           = size,
                .total_period   = total_period,
-               .displacement   = displacement,
                .ptr            = pair_hists,
        };
        bool color = !symbol_conf.field_sep;
 }
 
 size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *hists, struct hists *pair,
-                     bool show_displacement, bool show_header, int max_rows,
+                     bool show_header, int max_rows,
                      int max_cols, FILE *fp)
 {
        struct sort_entry *se;
        struct rb_node *nd;
        size_t ret = 0;
        u64 total_period;
-       unsigned long position = 1;
-       long displacement = 0;
        unsigned int width;
        const char *sep = symbol_conf.field_sep;
        const char *col_width = symbol_conf.col_width_list_str;
                if (h->filtered)
                        continue;
 
-               if (show_displacement) {
-                       if (h->pair != NULL)
-                               displacement = ((long)h->pair->position -
-                                               (long)position);
-                       else
-                               displacement = 0;
-                       ++position;
-               }
-               ret += hist_entry__fprintf(h, max_cols, hists, pair, displacement,
+               ret += hist_entry__fprintf(h, max_cols, hists, pair,
                                           total_period, fp);
 
                if (max_rows && ++nr_rows >= max_rows)
 
 size_t hists__fprintf_nr_events(struct hists *self, FILE *fp);
 
 size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *self, struct hists *pair,
-                     bool show_displacement, bool show_header,
-                     int max_rows, int max_cols, FILE *fp);
+                     bool show_header, int max_rows, int max_cols, FILE *fp);
 
 int hist_entry__inc_addr_samples(struct hist_entry *self, int evidx, u64 addr);
 int hist_entry__annotate(struct hist_entry *self, size_t privsize);
        size_t size;
        u64 total_period;
        const char *sep;
-       long displacement;
        void *ptr;
 };
 
 
        u8                      filtered;
        char                    *srcline;
        struct symbol           *parent;
+       unsigned long           position;
        union {
-               unsigned long     position;
                struct hist_entry *pair;
                struct rb_root    sorted_chain;
        };