return 0;
        }
 
-       he = __hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, al, NULL, 1, 1, 0);
+       he = __hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, al, NULL, NULL, NULL, 1, 1, 0);
        if (he == NULL)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
 
                            struct addr_location *al, u64 period,
                            u64 weight, u64 transaction)
 {
-       if (__hists__add_entry(hists, al, NULL, period, weight, transaction) != NULL)
+       if (__hists__add_entry(hists, al, NULL, NULL, NULL, period, weight,
+                              transaction) != NULL)
                return 0;
        return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
         * and this is indirectly achieved by passing period=weight here
         * and the he_stat__add_period() function.
         */
-       he = __hists__add_mem_entry(&evsel->hists, al, parent, mi, cost, cost);
+       he = __hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, al, parent, NULL, mi,
+                               cost, cost, 0);
        if (!he)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
 
                err = -ENOMEM;
 
+               /* overwrite the 'al' to branch-to info */
+               al->map = bi[i].to.map;
+               al->sym = bi[i].to.sym;
+               al->addr = bi[i].to.addr;
                /*
                 * The report shows the percentage of total branches captured
                 * and not events sampled. Thus we use a pseudo period of 1.
                 */
-               he = __hists__add_branch_entry(&evsel->hists, al, parent,
-                               &bi[i], 1, 1);
+               he = __hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, al, parent, &bi[i], NULL,
+                                       1, 1, 0);
                if (he) {
                        struct annotation *notes;
                        bx = he->branch_info;
                        return err;
        }
 
-       he = __hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, al, parent, sample->period,
-                               sample->weight, sample->transaction);
+       he = __hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, al, parent, NULL, NULL,
+                               sample->period, sample->weight,
+                               sample->transaction);
        if (he == NULL)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
 
        struct hist_entry *he;
 
        pthread_mutex_lock(&evsel->hists.lock);
-       he = __hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, al, NULL, sample->period,
-                               sample->weight, sample->transaction);
+       he = __hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, al, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+                               sample->period, sample->weight,
+                               sample->transaction);
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&evsel->hists.lock);
        if (he == NULL)
                return NULL;
 
                                goto out;
 
                        he = __hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, &al, NULL,
-                                               1, 1, 0);
+                                               NULL, NULL, 1, 1, 0);
                        if (he == NULL)
                                goto out;
 
                                                          &sample) < 0)
                                goto out;
 
-                       he = __hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, &al, NULL, 1, 1,
-                                               0);
+                       he = __hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, &al, NULL,
+                                               NULL, NULL, 1, 1, 0);
                        if (he == NULL)
                                goto out;
 
 
        return he;
 }
 
-struct hist_entry *__hists__add_mem_entry(struct hists *hists,
-                                         struct addr_location *al,
-                                         struct symbol *sym_parent,
-                                         struct mem_info *mi,
-                                         u64 period,
-                                         u64 weight)
-{
-       struct hist_entry entry = {
-               .thread = al->thread,
-               .comm = thread__comm(al->thread),
-               .ms = {
-                       .map    = al->map,
-                       .sym    = al->sym,
-               },
-               .stat = {
-                       .period = period,
-                       .weight = weight,
-                       .nr_events = 1,
-               },
-               .cpu    = al->cpu,
-               .ip     = al->addr,
-               .level  = al->level,
-               .parent = sym_parent,
-               .filtered = symbol__parent_filter(sym_parent),
-               .hists = hists,
-               .mem_info = mi,
-               .branch_info = NULL,
-       };
-       return add_hist_entry(hists, &entry, al, period, weight);
-}
-
-struct hist_entry *__hists__add_branch_entry(struct hists *hists,
-                                            struct addr_location *al,
-                                            struct symbol *sym_parent,
-                                            struct branch_info *bi,
-                                            u64 period,
-                                            u64 weight)
-{
-       struct hist_entry entry = {
-               .thread = al->thread,
-               .comm = thread__comm(al->thread),
-               .ms = {
-                       .map    = bi->to.map,
-                       .sym    = bi->to.sym,
-               },
-               .cpu    = al->cpu,
-               .ip     = bi->to.addr,
-               .level  = al->level,
-               .stat = {
-                       .period = period,
-                       .nr_events = 1,
-                       .weight = weight,
-               },
-               .parent = sym_parent,
-               .filtered = symbol__parent_filter(sym_parent),
-               .branch_info = bi,
-               .hists  = hists,
-               .mem_info = NULL,
-       };
-
-       return add_hist_entry(hists, &entry, al, period, weight);
-}
-
 struct hist_entry *__hists__add_entry(struct hists *hists,
                                      struct addr_location *al,
-                                     struct symbol *sym_parent, u64 period,
-                                     u64 weight, u64 transaction)
+                                     struct symbol *sym_parent,
+                                     struct branch_info *bi,
+                                     struct mem_info *mi,
+                                     u64 period, u64 weight, u64 transaction)
 {
        struct hist_entry entry = {
                .thread = al->thread,
                .ip     = al->addr,
                .level  = al->level,
                .stat = {
-                       .period = period,
                        .nr_events = 1,
+                       .period = period,
                        .weight = weight,
                },
                .parent = sym_parent,
                .filtered = symbol__parent_filter(sym_parent),
                .hists  = hists,
-               .branch_info = NULL,
-               .mem_info = NULL,
+               .branch_info = bi,
+               .mem_info = mi,
                .transaction = transaction,
        };
 
 
 
 struct hist_entry *__hists__add_entry(struct hists *self,
                                      struct addr_location *al,
-                                     struct symbol *parent, u64 period,
+                                     struct symbol *parent,
+                                     struct branch_info *bi,
+                                     struct mem_info *mi, u64 period,
                                      u64 weight, u64 transaction);
 int64_t hist_entry__cmp(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right);
 int64_t hist_entry__collapse(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right);
                              struct hists *hists);
 void hist_entry__free(struct hist_entry *);
 
-struct hist_entry *__hists__add_branch_entry(struct hists *self,
-                                            struct addr_location *al,
-                                            struct symbol *sym_parent,
-                                            struct branch_info *bi,
-                                            u64 period,
-                                            u64 weight);
-
-struct hist_entry *__hists__add_mem_entry(struct hists *self,
-                                         struct addr_location *al,
-                                         struct symbol *sym_parent,
-                                         struct mem_info *mi,
-                                         u64 period,
-                                         u64 weight);
-
 void hists__output_resort(struct hists *self);
 void hists__collapse_resort(struct hists *self, struct ui_progress *prog);