diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index a5cf6a99d67f..c8a79f3a8dff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -869,7 +869,6 @@ static int record__auxtrace_init(struct record *rec __maybe_unused)
 static int record__config_text_poke(struct evlist *evlist)
 {
 	struct evsel *evsel;
-	int err;
 
 	/* Nothing to do if text poke is already configured */
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
@@ -877,27 +876,13 @@ static int record__config_text_poke(struct evlist *evlist)
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-	err = parse_events(evlist, "dummy:u", NULL);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	evsel = evlist__add_dummy_on_all_cpus(evlist);
+	if (!evsel)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	evsel = evlist__last(evlist);
-
-	evsel->core.attr.freq = 0;
-	evsel->core.attr.sample_period = 1;
 	evsel->core.attr.text_poke = 1;
 	evsel->core.attr.ksymbol = 1;
-
-	evsel->core.system_wide = true;
-	evsel->no_aux_samples = true;
 	evsel->immediate = true;
-
-	/* Text poke must be collected on all CPUs */
-	perf_cpu_map__put(evsel->core.own_cpus);
-	evsel->core.own_cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
-	perf_cpu_map__put(evsel->core.cpus);
-	evsel->core.cpus = perf_cpu_map__get(evsel->core.own_cpus);
-
 	evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, TIME);
 
 	return 0;