diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 2c60bd3a8149..34fe8e540c43 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -3100,7 +3100,6 @@ static int perf_sched__timehist(struct perf_sched *sched)
 	sched->tool.tracing_data = perf_event__process_tracing_data;
 	sched->tool.build_id	 = perf_event__process_build_id;
 
-	sched->tool.ordered_events = true;
 	sched->tool.ordering_requires_timestamps = true;
 
 	symbol_conf.use_callchain = sched->show_callchain;
@@ -3605,14 +3604,6 @@ int cmd_sched(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	static const char default_sort_order[] = "avg, max, switch, runtime";
 	struct perf_sched sched = {
-		.tool = {
-			.sample		 = perf_sched__process_tracepoint_sample,
-			.comm		 = perf_sched__process_comm,
-			.namespaces	 = perf_event__process_namespaces,
-			.lost		 = perf_event__process_lost,
-			.fork		 = perf_sched__process_fork_event,
-			.ordered_events = true,
-		},
 		.cmp_pid	      = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sched.cmp_pid),
 		.sort_list	      = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sched.sort_list),
 		.sort_order	      = default_sort_order,
@@ -3733,6 +3724,13 @@ int cmd_sched(int argc, const char **argv)
 	};
 	int ret;
 
+	perf_tool__init(&sched.tool, /*ordered_events=*/true);
+	sched.tool.sample	 = perf_sched__process_tracepoint_sample;
+	sched.tool.comm		 = perf_sched__process_comm;
+	sched.tool.namespaces	 = perf_event__process_namespaces;
+	sched.tool.lost		 = perf_event__process_lost;
+	sched.tool.fork		 = perf_sched__process_fork_event;
+
 	argc = parse_options_subcommand(argc, argv, sched_options, sched_subcommands,
 					sched_usage, PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
 	if (!argc)