diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 7e8ae21..21ed6ee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@
 	if (!evsel)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (cpus)
-		evsel->cpus = cpu_map__get(cpus);
+	evsel->cpus     = cpu_map__get(cpus);
+	evsel->own_cpus = cpu_map__get(cpus);
 
 	if (name)
 		evsel->name = strdup(name);