diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e9a9c26f7819..17ac8a8fbbee 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 12046099160e65cddb639f8b3dda2bd0701c09d6
+refs/heads/master: 74ba9e11f02a4ce0c7708dc77d1756b93065e440
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/util/header.c b/trunk/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 9696e64c9dbd..a124b9328170 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -610,11 +610,10 @@ static int write_event_desc(int fd, struct perf_header *h __used,
 			    struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
-	u32 nre = 0, nri, sz;
+	u32 nre, nri, sz;
 	int ret;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(evsel, &evlist->entries, node)
-		nre++;
+	nre = evlist->nr_entries;
 
 	/*
 	 * write number of events