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) {
                        return 0;
        }
 
-       err = parse_events(evlist, "dummy:u", NULL);
-       if (err)
-               return err;
-
-       evsel = evlist__last(evlist);
+       evsel = evlist__add_dummy_on_all_cpus(evlist);
+       if (!evsel)
+               return -ENOMEM;
 
-       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;