diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 2a971081918b..d984e58c7dbf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -129,21 +129,20 @@ typedef int (*sort_fn_t)(struct work_atoms *, struct work_atoms *);
 struct perf_sched;
 
 struct trace_sched_handler {
-	int (*switch_event)(struct perf_sched *sched, struct evsel *evsel,
-			    struct perf_sample *sample, struct machine *machine);
+	int (*switch_event)(struct perf_sched *sched, struct perf_sample *sample,
+			    struct machine *machine);
 
-	int (*runtime_event)(struct perf_sched *sched, struct evsel *evsel,
-			     struct perf_sample *sample, struct machine *machine);
+	int (*runtime_event)(struct perf_sched *sched, struct perf_sample *sample,
+			     struct machine *machine);
 
-	int (*wakeup_event)(struct perf_sched *sched, struct evsel *evsel,
-			    struct perf_sample *sample, struct machine *machine);
+	int (*wakeup_event)(struct perf_sched *sched, struct perf_sample *sample,
+			    struct machine *machine);
 
 	/* PERF_RECORD_FORK event, not sched_process_fork tracepoint */
 	int (*fork_event)(struct perf_sched *sched, union perf_event *event,
 			  struct machine *machine);
 
 	int (*migrate_task_event)(struct perf_sched *sched,
-				  struct evsel *evsel,
 				  struct perf_sample *sample,
 				  struct machine *machine);
 };
@@ -826,7 +825,7 @@ static void test_calibrations(struct perf_sched *sched)
 
 static int
 replay_wakeup_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
-		    struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_sample *sample,
+		    struct perf_sample *sample,
 		    struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
 {
 	const char *comm = perf_sample__strval(sample, "comm");
@@ -834,7 +833,7 @@ replay_wakeup_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 	struct task_desc *waker, *wakee;
 
 	if (verbose > 0) {
-		printf("sched_wakeup event %p\n", evsel);
+		printf("sched_wakeup event %p\n", sample->evsel);
 
 		printf(" ... pid %d woke up %s/%d\n", sample->tid, comm, pid);
 	}
@@ -847,7 +846,6 @@ replay_wakeup_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 }
 
 static int replay_switch_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
-			       struct evsel *evsel,
 			       struct perf_sample *sample,
 			       struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
 {
@@ -861,7 +859,7 @@ static int replay_switch_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 	s64 delta;
 
 	if (verbose > 0)
-		printf("sched_switch event %p\n", evsel);
+		printf("sched_switch event %p\n", sample->evsel);
 
 	if (cpu >= MAX_CPUS || cpu < 0)
 		return 0;
@@ -1134,7 +1132,6 @@ static void free_work_atoms(struct work_atoms *atoms)
 }
 
 static int latency_switch_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
-				struct evsel *evsel __maybe_unused,
 				struct perf_sample *sample,
 				struct machine *machine)
 {
@@ -1204,7 +1201,6 @@ static int latency_switch_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 }
 
 static int latency_runtime_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
-				 struct evsel *evsel __maybe_unused,
 				 struct perf_sample *sample,
 				 struct machine *machine)
 {
@@ -1239,7 +1235,6 @@ static int latency_runtime_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 }
 
 static int latency_wakeup_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
-				struct evsel *evsel __maybe_unused,
 				struct perf_sample *sample,
 				struct machine *machine)
 {
@@ -1300,7 +1295,6 @@ static int latency_wakeup_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 }
 
 static int latency_migrate_task_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
-				      struct evsel *evsel __maybe_unused,
 				      struct perf_sample *sample,
 				      struct machine *machine)
 {
@@ -1519,20 +1513,18 @@ static void perf_sched__sort_lat(struct perf_sched *sched)
 }
 
 static int process_sched_wakeup_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
-				      struct evsel *evsel,
 				      struct perf_sample *sample,
 				      struct machine *machine)
 {
 	struct perf_sched *sched = container_of(tool, struct perf_sched, tool);
 
 	if (sched->tp_handler->wakeup_event)
-		return sched->tp_handler->wakeup_event(sched, evsel, sample, machine);
+		return sched->tp_handler->wakeup_event(sched, sample, machine);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int process_sched_wakeup_ignore(const struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
-				      struct evsel *evsel __maybe_unused,
 				      struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
 				      struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
 {
@@ -1626,8 +1618,8 @@ static void print_sched_map(struct perf_sched *sched, struct perf_cpu this_cpu,
 	}
 }
 
-static int map_switch_event(struct perf_sched *sched, struct evsel *evsel __maybe_unused,
-			    struct perf_sample *sample, struct machine *machine)
+static int map_switch_event(struct perf_sched *sched,  struct perf_sample *sample,
+			    struct machine *machine)
 {
 	const u32 next_pid = perf_sample__intval(sample, "next_pid");
 	const u32 prev_pid = perf_sample__intval(sample, "prev_pid");
@@ -1791,7 +1783,6 @@ static int map_switch_event(struct perf_sched *sched, struct evsel *evsel __mayb
 }
 
 static int process_sched_switch_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
-				      struct evsel *evsel,
 				      struct perf_sample *sample,
 				      struct machine *machine)
 {
@@ -1810,21 +1801,20 @@ static int process_sched_switch_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 	}
 
 	if (sched->tp_handler->switch_event)
-		err = sched->tp_handler->switch_event(sched, evsel, sample, machine);
+		err = sched->tp_handler->switch_event(sched, sample, machine);
 
 	sched->curr_pid[this_cpu] = next_pid;
 	return err;
 }
 
 static int process_sched_runtime_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
-				       struct evsel *evsel,
 				       struct perf_sample *sample,
 				       struct machine *machine)
 {
 	struct perf_sched *sched = container_of(tool, struct perf_sched, tool);
 
 	if (sched->tp_handler->runtime_event)
-		return sched->tp_handler->runtime_event(sched, evsel, sample, machine);
+		return sched->tp_handler->runtime_event(sched, sample, machine);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1847,20 +1837,18 @@ static int perf_sched__process_fork_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 }
 
 static int process_sched_migrate_task_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
-					    struct evsel *evsel,
 					    struct perf_sample *sample,
 					    struct machine *machine)
 {
 	struct perf_sched *sched = container_of(tool, struct perf_sched, tool);
 
 	if (sched->tp_handler->migrate_task_event)
-		return sched->tp_handler->migrate_task_event(sched, evsel, sample, machine);
+		return sched->tp_handler->migrate_task_event(sched, sample, machine);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 typedef int (*tracepoint_handler)(const struct perf_tool *tool,
-				  struct evsel *evsel,
 				  struct perf_sample *sample,
 				  struct machine *machine);
 
@@ -1874,7 +1862,7 @@ static int perf_sched__process_tracepoint_sample(const struct perf_tool *tool __
 
 	if (evsel->handler != NULL) {
 		tracepoint_handler f = evsel->handler;
-		err = f(tool, evsel, sample, machine);
+		err = f(tool, sample, machine);
 	}
 
 	return err;
@@ -2313,11 +2301,10 @@ static void timehist_update_runtime_stats(struct thread_runtime *r,
 	r->total_pre_mig_time += r->dt_pre_mig;
 }
 
-static bool is_idle_sample(struct perf_sample *sample,
-			   struct evsel *evsel)
+static bool is_idle_sample(struct perf_sample *sample)
 {
 	/* pid 0 == swapper == idle task */
-	if (evsel__name_is(evsel, "sched:sched_switch"))
+	if (evsel__name_is(sample->evsel, "sched:sched_switch"))
 		return perf_sample__intval(sample, "prev_pid") == 0;
 
 	return sample->pid == 0;
@@ -2499,12 +2486,11 @@ static void save_idle_callchain(struct perf_sched *sched,
 
 static struct thread *timehist_get_thread(struct perf_sched *sched,
 					  struct perf_sample *sample,
-					  struct machine *machine,
-					  struct evsel *evsel)
+					  struct machine *machine)
 {
 	struct thread *thread;
 
-	if (is_idle_sample(sample, evsel)) {
+	if (is_idle_sample(sample)) {
 		thread = get_idle_thread(sample->cpu);
 		if (thread == NULL)
 			pr_err("Failed to get idle thread for cpu %d.\n", sample->cpu);
@@ -2547,7 +2533,6 @@ static struct thread *timehist_get_thread(struct perf_sched *sched,
 
 static bool timehist_skip_sample(struct perf_sched *sched,
 				 struct thread *thread,
-				 struct evsel *evsel,
 				 struct perf_sample *sample)
 {
 	bool rc = false;
@@ -2569,7 +2554,7 @@ static bool timehist_skip_sample(struct perf_sched *sched,
 		tr = thread__get_runtime(thread);
 		if (tr && tr->prio != -1)
 			prio = tr->prio;
-		else if (evsel__name_is(evsel, "sched:sched_switch"))
+		else if (evsel__name_is(sample->evsel, "sched:sched_switch"))
 			prio = perf_sample__intval(sample, "prev_prio");
 
 		if (prio != -1 && !test_bit(prio, sched->prio_bitmap)) {
@@ -2579,7 +2564,7 @@ static bool timehist_skip_sample(struct perf_sched *sched,
 	}
 
 	if (sched->idle_hist) {
-		if (!evsel__name_is(evsel, "sched:sched_switch"))
+		if (!evsel__name_is(sample->evsel, "sched:sched_switch"))
 			rc = true;
 		else if (perf_sample__intval(sample, "prev_pid") != 0 &&
 			 perf_sample__intval(sample, "next_pid") != 0)
@@ -2590,7 +2575,6 @@ static bool timehist_skip_sample(struct perf_sched *sched,
 }
 
 static void timehist_print_wakeup_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
-					struct evsel *evsel,
 					struct perf_sample *sample,
 					struct machine *machine,
 					struct thread *awakened)
@@ -2603,8 +2587,8 @@ static void timehist_print_wakeup_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 		return;
 
 	/* show wakeup unless both awakee and awaker are filtered */
-	if (timehist_skip_sample(sched, thread, evsel, sample) &&
-	    timehist_skip_sample(sched, awakened, evsel, sample)) {
+	if (timehist_skip_sample(sched, thread, sample) &&
+	    timehist_skip_sample(sched, awakened, sample)) {
 		thread__put(thread);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2628,7 +2612,6 @@ static void timehist_print_wakeup_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 
 static int timehist_sched_wakeup_ignore(const struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 					union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
-					struct evsel *evsel __maybe_unused,
 					struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
 					struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
 {
@@ -2637,7 +2620,6 @@ static int timehist_sched_wakeup_ignore(const struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unu
 
 static int timehist_sched_wakeup_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 				       union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
-				       struct evsel *evsel,
 				       struct perf_sample *sample,
 				       struct machine *machine)
 {
@@ -2663,14 +2645,13 @@ static int timehist_sched_wakeup_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 	/* show wakeups if requested */
 	if (sched->show_wakeups &&
 	    !perf_time__skip_sample(&sched->ptime, sample->time))
-		timehist_print_wakeup_event(sched, evsel, sample, machine, thread);
+		timehist_print_wakeup_event(sched, sample, machine, thread);
 
 	thread__put(thread);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void timehist_print_migration_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
-					struct evsel *evsel,
 					struct perf_sample *sample,
 					struct machine *machine,
 					struct thread *migrated)
@@ -2691,8 +2672,8 @@ static void timehist_print_migration_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 	if (thread == NULL)
 		return;
 
-	if (timehist_skip_sample(sched, thread, evsel, sample) &&
-	    timehist_skip_sample(sched, migrated, evsel, sample)) {
+	if (timehist_skip_sample(sched, thread, sample) &&
+	    timehist_skip_sample(sched, migrated, sample)) {
 		thread__put(thread);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2726,7 +2707,6 @@ static void timehist_print_migration_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 
 static int timehist_migrate_task_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 				       union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
-				       struct evsel *evsel,
 				       struct perf_sample *sample,
 				       struct machine *machine)
 {
@@ -2751,8 +2731,7 @@ static int timehist_migrate_task_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 
 	/* show migrations if requested */
 	if (sched->show_migrations) {
-		timehist_print_migration_event(sched, evsel, sample,
-							machine, thread);
+		timehist_print_migration_event(sched, sample, machine, thread);
 	}
 	thread__put(thread);
 
@@ -2784,7 +2763,6 @@ static void timehist_update_task_prio(struct perf_sample *sample,
 
 static int timehist_sched_change_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 				       union perf_event *event,
-				       struct evsel *evsel,
 				       struct perf_sample *sample,
 				       struct machine *machine)
 {
@@ -2808,13 +2786,13 @@ static int timehist_sched_change_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 	if (sched->show_prio || sched->prio_str)
 		timehist_update_task_prio(sample, machine);
 
-	thread = timehist_get_thread(sched, sample, machine, evsel);
+	thread = timehist_get_thread(sched, sample, machine);
 	if (thread == NULL) {
 		rc = -1;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (timehist_skip_sample(sched, thread, evsel, sample))
+	if (timehist_skip_sample(sched, thread, sample))
 		goto out;
 
 	tr = thread__get_runtime(thread);
@@ -2823,7 +2801,7 @@ static int timehist_sched_change_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	tprev = evsel__get_time(evsel, sample->cpu);
+	tprev = evsel__get_time(sample->evsel, sample->cpu);
 
 	/*
 	 * If start time given:
@@ -2913,7 +2891,7 @@ static int timehist_sched_change_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 		tr->migrated = 0;
 	}
 
-	evsel__save_time(evsel, sample->time, sample->cpu);
+	evsel__save_time(sample->evsel, sample->time, sample->cpu);
 
 	thread__put(thread);
 	addr_location__exit(&al);
@@ -2922,11 +2900,10 @@ static int timehist_sched_change_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 
 static int timehist_sched_switch_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 			     union perf_event *event,
-			     struct evsel *evsel,
 			     struct perf_sample *sample,
 			     struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
 {
-	return timehist_sched_change_event(tool, event, evsel, sample, machine);
+	return timehist_sched_change_event(tool, event, sample, machine);
 }
 
 static int process_lost(const struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
@@ -3174,7 +3151,6 @@ static void timehist_print_summary(struct perf_sched *sched,
 
 typedef int (*sched_handler)(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 			  union perf_event *event,
-			  struct evsel *evsel,
 			  struct perf_sample *sample,
 			  struct machine *machine);
 
@@ -3196,7 +3172,7 @@ static int perf_timehist__process_sample(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 	if (evsel->handler != NULL) {
 		sched_handler f = evsel->handler;
 
-		err = f(tool, event, evsel, sample, machine);
+		err = f(tool, event, sample, machine);
 	}
 
 	return err;