diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 9a7e54d701cf..188c265751c8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -861,7 +861,6 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		setup_browser(true);
 	else {
 		use_browser = 0;
-		perf_hpp__column_enable(PERF_HPP__OVERHEAD);
 		perf_hpp__init();
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index 2cb39164a1cd..7ef36c360471 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -703,8 +703,6 @@ __HPP_COLOR_PERCENT_FN(overhead_guest_us, period_guest_us, NULL)
 
 void hist_browser__init_hpp(void)
 {
-	perf_hpp__column_enable(PERF_HPP__OVERHEAD);
-
 	perf_hpp__init();
 
 	perf_hpp__format[PERF_HPP__OVERHEAD].color =
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
index 5440d56d884a..f45c97f694da 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ LIST_HEAD(perf_hpp__list);
 
 void perf_hpp__init(void)
 {
+	perf_hpp__column_enable(PERF_HPP__OVERHEAD);
+
 	if (symbol_conf.show_cpu_utilization) {
 		perf_hpp__column_enable(PERF_HPP__OVERHEAD_SYS);
 		perf_hpp__column_enable(PERF_HPP__OVERHEAD_US);
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/setup.c b/tools/perf/ui/setup.c
index ae6a789cb0f6..47d9a571f261 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/setup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/setup.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ void setup_browser(bool fallback_to_pager)
 		if (fallback_to_pager)
 			setup_pager();
 
-		perf_hpp__column_enable(PERF_HPP__OVERHEAD);
 		perf_hpp__init();
 		break;
 	}