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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index e4f7902d5afa..cda44b0e821c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -273,8 +273,20 @@ struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(void)
struct perf_evsel *evsel;
event_attr_init(&attr);
+ /*
+ * Unnamed union member, not supported as struct member named
+ * initializer in older compilers such as gcc 4.4.7
+ *
+ * Just for probing the precise_ip:
+ */
+ attr.sample_period = 1;
perf_event_attr__set_max_precise_ip(&attr);
+ /*
+ * Now let the usual logic to set up the perf_event_attr defaults
+ * to kick in when we return and before perf_evsel__open() is called.
+ */
+ attr.sample_period = 0;
evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
if (evsel == NULL)