diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index a47ced077fa6..65388c57bb5d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -164,26 +164,6 @@ static struct perf_stat_config stat_config = {
 	.iostat_run		= false,
 };
 
-static bool cpus_map_matched(struct evsel *a, struct evsel *b)
-{
-	if (!a->core.cpus && !b->core.cpus)
-		return true;
-
-	if (!a->core.cpus || !b->core.cpus)
-		return false;
-
-	if (perf_cpu_map__nr(a->core.cpus) != perf_cpu_map__nr(b->core.cpus))
-		return false;
-
-	for (int i = 0; i < perf_cpu_map__nr(a->core.cpus); i++) {
-		if (perf_cpu_map__cpu(a->core.cpus, i).cpu !=
-		    perf_cpu_map__cpu(b->core.cpus, i).cpu)
-			return false;
-	}
-
-	return true;
-}
-
 static void evlist__check_cpu_maps(struct evlist *evlist)
 {
 	struct evsel *evsel, *warned_leader = NULL;
@@ -194,7 +174,7 @@ static void evlist__check_cpu_maps(struct evlist *evlist)
 		/* Check that leader matches cpus with each member. */
 		if (leader == evsel)
 			continue;
-		if (cpus_map_matched(leader, evsel))
+		if (perf_cpu_map__equal(leader->core.cpus, evsel->core.cpus))
 			continue;
 
 		/* If there's mismatch disable the group and warn user. */