diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/examples/sampling.c b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/examples/sampling.c
index 8e1a926a9cfe..bc142f0664b5 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/examples/sampling.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/examples/sampling.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	libperf_init(libperf_print);
 
-	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (!cpus) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "failed to create cpus\n");
 		return -1;
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-sampling.txt b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-sampling.txt
index d6ca24f6ef78..2378980fab8a 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-sampling.txt
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-sampling.txt
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ In this case we will monitor all the available CPUs:
 
 [source,c]
 --
- 42         cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+ 42         cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
  43         if (!cpus) {
  44                 fprintf(stderr, "failed to create cpus\n");
  45                 return -1;
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c b/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
index 75f36218fdd9..058e3ff10f9b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static void __perf_evlist__propagate_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 	if (evsel->system_wide) {
 		/* System wide: set the cpu map of the evsel to all online CPUs. */
 		perf_cpu_map__put(evsel->cpus);
-		evsel->cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+		evsel->cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	} else if (evlist->has_user_cpus && evsel->is_pmu_core) {
 		/*
 		 * User requested CPUs on a core PMU, ensure the requested CPUs
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evlist.c b/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evlist.c
index ab63878bacb9..10f70cb41ff1 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evlist.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evlist.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static int test_stat_cpu(void)
 	};
 	int err, idx;
 
-	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	__T("failed to create cpus", cpus);
 
 	evlist = perf_evlist__new();
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static int test_mmap_cpus(void)
 
 	attr.config = id;
 
-	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	__T("failed to create cpus", cpus);
 
 	evlist = perf_evlist__new();
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evsel.c b/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evsel.c
index a11fc51bfb68..545ec3150546 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evsel.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evsel.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static int test_stat_cpu(void)
 	};
 	int err, idx;
 
-	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	__T("failed to create cpus", cpus);
 
 	evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
index c6b7b3066324..77e6663c1703 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static int cs_etm_validate_config(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 {
 	int i, err = -EINVAL;
 	struct perf_cpu_map *event_cpus = evsel->evlist->core.user_requested_cpus;
-	struct perf_cpu_map *online_cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	struct perf_cpu_map *online_cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 
 	/* Set option of each CPU we have */
 	for (i = 0; i < cpu__max_cpu().cpu; i++) {
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ cs_etm_info_priv_size(struct auxtrace_record *itr __maybe_unused,
 	int i;
 	int etmv3 = 0, etmv4 = 0, ete = 0;
 	struct perf_cpu_map *event_cpus = evlist->core.user_requested_cpus;
-	struct perf_cpu_map *online_cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	struct perf_cpu_map *online_cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 
 	/* cpu map is not empty, we have specific CPUs to work with */
 	if (!perf_cpu_map__has_any_cpu_or_is_empty(event_cpus)) {
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ static int cs_etm_info_fill(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 	u64 nr_cpu, type;
 	struct perf_cpu_map *cpu_map;
 	struct perf_cpu_map *event_cpus = session->evlist->core.user_requested_cpus;
-	struct perf_cpu_map *online_cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	struct perf_cpu_map *online_cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr =
 			container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr);
 	struct perf_pmu *cs_etm_pmu = ptr->cs_etm_pmu;
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/header.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/header.c
index a2eef9ec5491..97037499152e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/header.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static int _get_cpuid(char *buf, size_t sz, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus)
 
 int get_cpuid(char *buf, size_t sz)
 {
-	struct perf_cpu_map *cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	struct perf_cpu_map *cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!cpus)
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/epoll-ctl.c b/tools/perf/bench/epoll-ctl.c
index 6bfffe83dde9..d3db73dac66a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/epoll-ctl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/epoll-ctl.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ int bench_epoll_ctl(int argc, const char **argv)
 	act.sa_sigaction = toggle_done;
 	sigaction(SIGINT, &act, NULL);
 
-	cpu = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpu = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (!cpu)
 		goto errmem;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c b/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c
index cb5174b53940..06bb3187660a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ int bench_epoll_wait(int argc, const char **argv)
 	act.sa_sigaction = toggle_done;
 	sigaction(SIGINT, &act, NULL);
 
-	cpu = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpu = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (!cpu)
 		goto errmem;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
index 2005a3fa3026..0c69d20efa32 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ int bench_futex_hash(int argc, const char **argv)
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	cpu = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpu = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (!cpu)
 		goto errmem;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c
index 092cbd52db82..7a4973346180 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ int bench_futex_lock_pi(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (argc)
 		goto err;
 
-	cpu = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpu = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (!cpu)
 		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "calloc");
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-requeue.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-requeue.c
index c0035990a33c..d9ad736c1a3e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-requeue.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-requeue.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ int bench_futex_requeue(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (argc)
 		goto err;
 
-	cpu = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpu = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (!cpu)
 		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "cpu_map__new");
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake-parallel.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake-parallel.c
index 5ab0234d74e6..b66df553e561 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake-parallel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake-parallel.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ int bench_futex_wake_parallel(int argc, const char **argv)
 			err(EXIT_FAILURE, "mlockall");
 	}
 
-	cpu = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpu = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (!cpu)
 		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "calloc");
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
index 18a5894af8bb..690fd6d3da13 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ int bench_futex_wake(int argc, const char **argv)
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	cpu = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpu = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (!cpu)
 		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "calloc");
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index ac2e6c75f912..eb30c8eca488 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static int set_tracing_func_irqinfo(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace)
 
 static int reset_tracing_cpu(void)
 {
-	struct perf_cpu_map *cpumap = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	struct perf_cpu_map *cpumap = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = set_tracing_cpumask(cpumap);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
index 8620146d0378..7a3a7bbbec71 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ static int do_test_code_reading(bool try_kcore)
 		goto out_put;
 	}
 
-	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (!cpus) {
 		pr_debug("perf_cpu_map__new failed\n");
 		goto out_put;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c b/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c
index 8f4f9b632e1e..5a3b2bed07f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static int test__keep_tracking(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int subte
 	threads = thread_map__new(-1, getpid(), UINT_MAX);
 	CHECK_NOT_NULL__(threads);
 
-	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	CHECK_NOT_NULL__(cpus);
 
 	evlist = evlist__new();
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
index 886a13a77a16..012c8ae439fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int test__basic_mmap(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int subtest
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (cpus == NULL) {
 		pr_debug("perf_cpu_map__new\n");
 		goto out_free_threads;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
index f3275be83a33..fb114118c876 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static int test__openat_syscall_event_on_all_cpus(struct test_suite *test __mayb
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (cpus == NULL) {
 		pr_debug("perf_cpu_map__new\n");
 		goto out_thread_map_delete;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c b/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
index efcd71c2738a..bbe2ddeb9b74 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static int test__perf_time_to_tsc(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int su
 	threads = thread_map__new(-1, getpid(), UINT_MAX);
 	CHECK_NOT_NULL__(threads);
 
-	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	CHECK_NOT_NULL__(cpus);
 
 	evlist = evlist__new();
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c b/tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c
index e52b031bedc5..5cab17a1942e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static int test__switch_tracking(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int sub
 		goto out_err;
 	}
 
-	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (!cpus) {
 		pr_debug("perf_cpu_map__new failed!\n");
 		goto out_err;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/topology.c b/tools/perf/tests/topology.c
index 9dee63734e66..2a842f53fbb5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/topology.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/topology.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static int test__session_topology(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int su
 	if (session_write_header(path))
 		goto free_path;
 
-	map = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	map = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (map == NULL) {
 		pr_debug("failed to get system cpumap\n");
 		goto free_path;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
index 7f9b0e46e008..7a8af60e0f51 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static int bperf__load(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (!all_cpu_map) {
-		all_cpu_map = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+		all_cpu_map = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 		if (!all_cpu_map)
 			return -1;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
index 0e090e8bc334..0581ee0fa5f2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ struct perf_cpu_map *cpu_map__online(void) /* thread unsafe */
 	static struct perf_cpu_map *online;
 
 	if (!online)
-		online = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL); /* from /sys/devices/system/cpu/online */
+		online = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus(); /* from /sys/devices/system/cpu/online */
 
 	return online;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cputopo.c b/tools/perf/util/cputopo.c
index 81cfc85f4668..8bbeb2dc76fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cputopo.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cputopo.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ struct cpu_topology *cpu_topology__new(void)
 	ncpus = cpu__max_present_cpu().cpu;
 
 	/* build online CPU map */
-	map = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	map = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (map == NULL) {
 		pr_debug("failed to get system cpumap\n");
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index ff7f85ded89d..0ed3ce2aa8eb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ static int evlist__create_syswide_maps(struct evlist *evlist)
 	 * error, and we may not want to do that fallback to a
 	 * default cpu identity map :-\
 	 */
-	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (!cpus)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/perf_api_probe.c b/tools/perf/util/perf_api_probe.c
index e1e2d701599c..1de3b69cdf4a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/perf_api_probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/perf_api_probe.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static bool perf_probe_api(setup_probe_fn_t fn)
 	struct perf_cpu cpu;
 	int ret, i = 0;
 
-	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (!cpus)
 		return false;
 	cpu = perf_cpu_map__cpu(cpus, 0);
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ bool perf_can_record_cpu_wide(void)
 	struct perf_cpu cpu;
 	int fd;
 
-	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (!cpus)
 		return false;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.c b/tools/perf/util/record.c
index 40290382b2d7..87e817b3cf7e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/record.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ bool evlist__can_select_event(struct evlist *evlist, const char *str)
 	evsel = evlist__last(temp_evlist);
 
 	if (!evlist || perf_cpu_map__has_any_cpu_or_is_empty(evlist->core.user_requested_cpus)) {
-		struct perf_cpu_map *cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+		struct perf_cpu_map *cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 
 		if (cpus)
 			cpu =  perf_cpu_map__cpu(cpus, 0);