diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index df0aedfaea75..3a1e0965a8fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ static int hist_browser__show_entry(struct hist_browser *browser,
 
 		hist_browser__gotorc(browser, row, 0);
 
-		perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&perf_hpp_list, fmt) {
+		hists__for_each_format(browser->hists, fmt) {
 			if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, entry->hists) ||
 			    column++ < browser->b.horiz_scroll)
 				continue;
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ static int hists_browser__scnprintf_headers(struct hist_browser *browser, char *
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&perf_hpp_list, fmt) {
+	hists__for_each_format(browser->hists, fmt) {
 		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, hists)  || column++ < browser->b.horiz_scroll)
 			continue;
 
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ static int hist_browser__fprintf_entry(struct hist_browser *browser,
 	if (symbol_conf.use_callchain)
 		printed += fprintf(fp, "%c ", folded_sign);
 
-	perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&perf_hpp_list, fmt) {
+	hists__for_each_format(browser->hists, fmt) {
 		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, he->hists))
 			continue;
 
@@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ static int perf_evsel__hists_browse(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int nr_events,
 	memset(options, 0, sizeof(options));
 	memset(actions, 0, sizeof(actions));
 
-	perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&perf_hpp_list, fmt) {
+	hists__for_each_format(browser->hists, fmt) {
 		perf_hpp__reset_width(fmt, hists);
 		/*
 		 * This is done just once, and activates the horizontal scrolling
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
index eca5151f91d7..32cc38a5b57f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static void perf_gtk__show_hists(GtkWidget *window, struct hists *hists,
 
 	nr_cols = 0;
 
-	perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&perf_hpp_list, fmt)
+	hists__for_each_format(hists, fmt)
 		col_types[nr_cols++] = G_TYPE_STRING;
 
 	store = gtk_tree_store_newv(nr_cols, col_types);
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static void perf_gtk__show_hists(GtkWidget *window, struct hists *hists,
 
 	col_idx = 0;
 
-	perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&perf_hpp_list, fmt) {
+	hists__for_each_format(hists, fmt) {
 		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, hists))
 			continue;
 
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static void perf_gtk__show_hists(GtkWidget *window, struct hists *hists,
 
 		col_idx = 0;
 
-		perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&perf_hpp_list, fmt) {
+		hists__for_each_format(hists, fmt) {
 			if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, h->hists))
 				continue;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
index 8075d4cc54a8..1ba4117d9c2d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ unsigned int hists__sort_list_width(struct hists *hists)
 	bool first = true;
 	struct perf_hpp dummy_hpp;
 
-	perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&perf_hpp_list, fmt) {
+	hists__for_each_format(hists, fmt) {
 		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, hists))
 			continue;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
index 83e0bf2ab986..1a6e8f7f38c4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static int hist_entry__snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, struct perf_hpp *hpp)
 	if (symbol_conf.exclude_other && !he->parent)
 		return 0;
 
-	perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&perf_hpp_list, fmt) {
+	hists__for_each_format(he->hists, fmt) {
 		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, he->hists))
 			continue;
 
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *hists, bool show_header, int max_rows,
 
 	init_rem_hits();
 
-	perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&perf_hpp_list, fmt)
+	hists__for_each_format(hists, fmt)
 		perf_hpp__reset_width(fmt, hists);
 
 	if (symbol_conf.col_width_list_str)
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *hists, bool show_header, int max_rows,
 
 	fprintf(fp, "# ");
 
-	perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&perf_hpp_list, fmt) {
+	hists__for_each_format(hists, fmt) {
 		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, hists))
 			continue;
 
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *hists, bool show_header, int max_rows,
 
 	fprintf(fp, "# ");
 
-	perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&perf_hpp_list, fmt) {
+	hists__for_each_format(hists, fmt) {
 		unsigned int i;
 
 		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, hists))
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index b296ff5b9683..bc900448e36f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ static inline void perf_hpp__register_sort_field(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format)
 #define perf_hpp_list__for_each_sort_list_safe(_list, format, tmp)	\
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(format, tmp, &(_list)->sorts, sort_list)
 
+#define hists__for_each_format(hists, format) \
+	perf_hpp_list__for_each_format((hists)->hpp_list, fmt)
+
 extern struct perf_hpp_fmt perf_hpp__format[];
 
 enum {