diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
index e3fdf4e..cfcd3f6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
@@ -369,12 +369,10 @@
 		      int max_cols, float min_pcnt, FILE *fp)
 {
 	struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt;
-	struct sort_entry *se;
 	struct rb_node *nd;
 	size_t ret = 0;
 	unsigned int width;
 	const char *sep = symbol_conf.field_sep;
-	const char *col_width = symbol_conf.col_width_list_str;
 	int nr_rows = 0;
 	char bf[96];
 	struct perf_hpp dummy_hpp = {
@@ -387,22 +385,9 @@
 
 	init_rem_hits();
 
-	list_for_each_entry(se, &hist_entry__sort_list, list) {
-		if (se->elide)
-			continue;
-		width = strlen(se->se_header);
-		if (symbol_conf.col_width_list_str) {
-			if (col_width) {
-				hists__set_col_len(hists, se->se_width_idx,
-						   atoi(col_width));
-				col_width = strchr(col_width, ',');
-				if (col_width)
-					++col_width;
-			}
-		}
-		if (!hists__new_col_len(hists, se->se_width_idx, width))
-			width = hists__col_len(hists, se->se_width_idx);
-	}
+
+	perf_hpp__for_each_format(fmt)
+		perf_hpp__reset_width(fmt, hists);
 
 	if (!show_header)
 		goto print_entries;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index f67feb4..034db76 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@
 bool perf_hpp__is_sort_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format);
 bool perf_hpp__same_sort_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *a, struct perf_hpp_fmt *b);
 bool perf_hpp__should_skip(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format);
+void perf_hpp__reset_width(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct hists *hists);
 
 typedef u64 (*hpp_field_fn)(struct hist_entry *he);
 typedef int (*hpp_callback_fn)(struct perf_hpp *hpp, bool front);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 0fe7cbe..9bee728 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -1089,6 +1089,18 @@
 	return hse_a->se == hse_b->se;
 }
 
+void perf_hpp__reset_width(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct hists *hists)
+{
+	struct hpp_sort_entry *hse;
+
+	if (!perf_hpp__is_sort_entry(fmt))
+		return;
+
+	hse = container_of(fmt, struct hpp_sort_entry, hpp);
+	hists__new_col_len(hists, hse->se->se_width_idx,
+			   strlen(hse->se->se_header));
+}
+
 static int __sort__hpp_header(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct perf_hpp *hpp,
 			      struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {