diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index f309c37..c747a1a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <semaphore.h>
 #include <signal.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include <math.h>
 
 static const char *get_filename_for_perf_kvm(void)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 725dbd3..9092de0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -2829,6 +2829,8 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 		NULL
 	};
 
+	perf_set_singlethreaded();
+
 	setup_scripting();
 
 	argc = parse_options_subcommand(argc, argv, options, script_subcommands, script_usage,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 71ab846..369c316 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 libperf-y += tsc.o
 libperf-y += cloexec.o
 libperf-y += call-path.o
+libperf-y += rwsem.o
 libperf-y += thread-stack.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += auxtrace.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt-decoder/
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index ffd7231..339e529 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -1366,9 +1366,9 @@ void __dsos__add(struct dsos *dsos, struct dso *dso)
 
 void dsos__add(struct dsos *dsos, struct dso *dso)
 {
-	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&dsos->lock);
+	down_write(&dsos->lock);
 	__dsos__add(dsos, dso);
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&dsos->lock);
+	up_write(&dsos->lock);
 }
 
 struct dso *__dsos__find(struct dsos *dsos, const char *name, bool cmp_short)
@@ -1387,9 +1387,9 @@ struct dso *__dsos__find(struct dsos *dsos, const char *name, bool cmp_short)
 struct dso *dsos__find(struct dsos *dsos, const char *name, bool cmp_short)
 {
 	struct dso *dso;
-	pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&dsos->lock);
+	down_read(&dsos->lock);
 	dso = __dsos__find(dsos, name, cmp_short);
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&dsos->lock);
+	up_read(&dsos->lock);
 	return dso;
 }
 
@@ -1416,9 +1416,9 @@ struct dso *__dsos__findnew(struct dsos *dsos, const char *name)
 struct dso *dsos__findnew(struct dsos *dsos, const char *name)
 {
 	struct dso *dso;
-	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&dsos->lock);
+	down_write(&dsos->lock);
 	dso = dso__get(__dsos__findnew(dsos, name));
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&dsos->lock);
+	up_write(&dsos->lock);
 	return dso;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index f886141..a2bbb21 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
+#include "rwsem.h"
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include "map.h"
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ struct dso_cache {
 struct dsos {
 	struct list_head head;
 	struct rb_root	 root;	/* rbtree root sorted by long name */
-	pthread_rwlock_t lock;
+	struct rw_semaphore lock;
 };
 
 struct auxtrace_cache;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index ddeea05..585b4a3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static void dsos__init(struct dsos *dsos)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dsos->head);
 	dsos->root = RB_ROOT;
-	pthread_rwlock_init(&dsos->lock, NULL);
+	init_rwsem(&dsos->lock);
 }
 
 static void machine__threads_init(struct machine *machine)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static void machine__threads_init(struct machine *machine)
 	for (i = 0; i < THREADS__TABLE_SIZE; i++) {
 		struct threads *threads = &machine->threads[i];
 		threads->entries = RB_ROOT;
-		pthread_rwlock_init(&threads->lock, NULL);
+		init_rwsem(&threads->lock);
 		threads->nr = 0;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&threads->dead);
 		threads->last_match = NULL;
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static void dsos__purge(struct dsos *dsos)
 {
 	struct dso *pos, *n;
 
-	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&dsos->lock);
+	down_write(&dsos->lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, n, &dsos->head, node) {
 		RB_CLEAR_NODE(&pos->rb_node);
@@ -139,13 +139,13 @@ static void dsos__purge(struct dsos *dsos)
 		dso__put(pos);
 	}
 
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&dsos->lock);
+	up_write(&dsos->lock);
 }
 
 static void dsos__exit(struct dsos *dsos)
 {
 	dsos__purge(dsos);
-	pthread_rwlock_destroy(&dsos->lock);
+	exit_rwsem(&dsos->lock);
 }
 
 void machine__delete_threads(struct machine *machine)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ void machine__delete_threads(struct machine *machine)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < THREADS__TABLE_SIZE; i++) {
 		struct threads *threads = &machine->threads[i];
-		pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&threads->lock);
+		down_write(&threads->lock);
 		nd = rb_first(&threads->entries);
 		while (nd) {
 			struct thread *t = rb_entry(nd, struct thread, rb_node);
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void machine__delete_threads(struct machine *machine)
 			nd = rb_next(nd);
 			__machine__remove_thread(machine, t, false);
 		}
-		pthread_rwlock_unlock(&threads->lock);
+		up_write(&threads->lock);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ void machine__exit(struct machine *machine)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < THREADS__TABLE_SIZE; i++) {
 		struct threads *threads = &machine->threads[i];
-		pthread_rwlock_destroy(&threads->lock);
+		exit_rwsem(&threads->lock);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -482,9 +482,9 @@ struct thread *machine__findnew_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid,
 	struct threads *threads = machine__threads(machine, tid);
 	struct thread *th;
 
-	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&threads->lock);
+	down_write(&threads->lock);
 	th = __machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid, tid);
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&threads->lock);
+	up_write(&threads->lock);
 	return th;
 }
 
@@ -494,9 +494,9 @@ struct thread *machine__find_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid,
 	struct threads *threads = machine__threads(machine, tid);
 	struct thread *th;
 
-	pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&threads->lock);
+	down_read(&threads->lock);
 	th =  ____machine__findnew_thread(machine, threads, pid, tid, false);
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&threads->lock);
+	up_read(&threads->lock);
 	return th;
 }
 
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ static struct dso *machine__findnew_module_dso(struct machine *machine,
 {
 	struct dso *dso;
 
-	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&machine->dsos.lock);
+	down_write(&machine->dsos.lock);
 
 	dso = __dsos__find(&machine->dsos, m->name, true);
 	if (!dso) {
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ static struct dso *machine__findnew_module_dso(struct machine *machine,
 
 	dso__get(dso);
 out_unlock:
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&machine->dsos.lock);
+	up_write(&machine->dsos.lock);
 	return dso;
 }
 
@@ -749,7 +749,8 @@ size_t machine__fprintf(struct machine *machine, FILE *fp)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < THREADS__TABLE_SIZE; i++) {
 		struct threads *threads = &machine->threads[i];
-		pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&threads->lock);
+
+		down_read(&threads->lock);
 
 		ret = fprintf(fp, "Threads: %u\n", threads->nr);
 
@@ -759,7 +760,7 @@ size_t machine__fprintf(struct machine *machine, FILE *fp)
 			ret += thread__fprintf(pos, fp);
 		}
 
-		pthread_rwlock_unlock(&threads->lock);
+		up_read(&threads->lock);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1319,7 +1320,7 @@ static int machine__process_kernel_mmap_event(struct machine *machine,
 		struct dso *kernel = NULL;
 		struct dso *dso;
 
-		pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&machine->dsos.lock);
+		down_read(&machine->dsos.lock);
 
 		list_for_each_entry(dso, &machine->dsos.head, node) {
 
@@ -1349,7 +1350,7 @@ static int machine__process_kernel_mmap_event(struct machine *machine,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		pthread_rwlock_unlock(&machine->dsos.lock);
+		up_read(&machine->dsos.lock);
 
 		if (kernel == NULL)
 			kernel = machine__findnew_dso(machine, kmmap_prefix);
@@ -1513,7 +1514,7 @@ static void __machine__remove_thread(struct machine *machine, struct thread *th,
 
 	BUG_ON(refcount_read(&th->refcnt) == 0);
 	if (lock)
-		pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&threads->lock);
+		down_write(&threads->lock);
 	rb_erase_init(&th->rb_node, &threads->entries);
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&th->rb_node);
 	--threads->nr;
@@ -1524,7 +1525,7 @@ static void __machine__remove_thread(struct machine *machine, struct thread *th,
 	 */
 	list_add_tail(&th->node, &threads->dead);
 	if (lock)
-		pthread_rwlock_unlock(&threads->lock);
+		up_write(&threads->lock);
 	thread__put(th);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.h b/tools/perf/util/machine.h
index fe2f058..b1cd516 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "map.h"
 #include "dso.h"
 #include "event.h"
+#include "rwsem.h"
 
 struct addr_location;
 struct branch_stack;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ struct vdso_info;
 
 struct threads {
 	struct rb_root	  entries;
-	pthread_rwlock_t  lock;
+	struct rw_semaphore lock;
 	unsigned int	  nr;
 	struct list_head  dead;
 	struct thread	  *last_match;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.c b/tools/perf/util/map.c
index bdaa0a4..5792d7a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ u64 map__objdump_2mem(struct map *map, u64 ip)
 static void maps__init(struct maps *maps)
 {
 	maps->entries = RB_ROOT;
-	pthread_rwlock_init(&maps->lock, NULL);
+	init_rwsem(&maps->lock);
 }
 
 void map_groups__init(struct map_groups *mg, struct machine *machine)
@@ -517,9 +517,9 @@ static void __maps__purge(struct maps *maps)
 
 static void maps__exit(struct maps *maps)
 {
-	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&maps->lock);
+	down_write(&maps->lock);
 	__maps__purge(maps);
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&maps->lock);
+	up_write(&maps->lock);
 }
 
 void map_groups__exit(struct map_groups *mg)
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ struct symbol *maps__find_symbol_by_name(struct maps *maps, const char *name,
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	struct rb_node *nd;
 
-	pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&maps->lock);
+	down_read(&maps->lock);
 
 	for (nd = rb_first(&maps->entries); nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
 		struct map *pos = rb_entry(nd, struct map, rb_node);
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ struct symbol *maps__find_symbol_by_name(struct maps *maps, const char *name,
 
 	sym = NULL;
 out:
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&maps->lock);
+	up_read(&maps->lock);
 	return sym;
 }
 
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static size_t maps__fprintf(struct maps *maps, FILE *fp)
 	size_t printed = 0;
 	struct rb_node *nd;
 
-	pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&maps->lock);
+	down_read(&maps->lock);
 
 	for (nd = rb_first(&maps->entries); nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
 		struct map *pos = rb_entry(nd, struct map, rb_node);
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static size_t maps__fprintf(struct maps *maps, FILE *fp)
 		}
 	}
 
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&maps->lock);
+	up_read(&maps->lock);
 
 	return printed;
 }
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ static int maps__fixup_overlappings(struct maps *maps, struct map *map, FILE *fp
 	struct rb_node *next;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&maps->lock);
+	down_write(&maps->lock);
 
 	root = &maps->entries;
 	next = rb_first(root);
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ static int maps__fixup_overlappings(struct maps *maps, struct map *map, FILE *fp
 
 	err = 0;
 out:
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&maps->lock);
+	up_write(&maps->lock);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ int map_groups__clone(struct thread *thread,
 	struct map *map;
 	struct maps *maps = &parent->maps[type];
 
-	pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&maps->lock);
+	down_read(&maps->lock);
 
 	for (map = maps__first(maps); map; map = map__next(map)) {
 		struct map *new = map__clone(map);
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ int map_groups__clone(struct thread *thread,
 
 	err = 0;
 out_unlock:
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&maps->lock);
+	up_read(&maps->lock);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -815,9 +815,9 @@ static void __maps__insert(struct maps *maps, struct map *map)
 
 void maps__insert(struct maps *maps, struct map *map)
 {
-	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&maps->lock);
+	down_write(&maps->lock);
 	__maps__insert(maps, map);
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&maps->lock);
+	up_write(&maps->lock);
 }
 
 static void __maps__remove(struct maps *maps, struct map *map)
@@ -828,9 +828,9 @@ static void __maps__remove(struct maps *maps, struct map *map)
 
 void maps__remove(struct maps *maps, struct map *map)
 {
-	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&maps->lock);
+	down_write(&maps->lock);
 	__maps__remove(maps, map);
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&maps->lock);
+	up_write(&maps->lock);
 }
 
 struct map *maps__find(struct maps *maps, u64 ip)
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ struct map *maps__find(struct maps *maps, u64 ip)
 	struct rb_node **p, *parent = NULL;
 	struct map *m;
 
-	pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&maps->lock);
+	down_read(&maps->lock);
 
 	p = &maps->entries.rb_node;
 	while (*p != NULL) {
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ struct map *maps__find(struct maps *maps, u64 ip)
 
 	m = NULL;
 out:
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&maps->lock);
+	up_read(&maps->lock);
 	return m;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.h b/tools/perf/util/map.h
index 73aacf7..d5d7442 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include "rwsem.h"
 
 enum map_type {
 	MAP__FUNCTION = 0,
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ struct kmap {
 
 struct maps {
 	struct rb_root	 entries;
-	pthread_rwlock_t lock;
+	struct rw_semaphore lock;
 };
 
 struct map_groups {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/rwsem.c b/tools/perf/util/rwsem.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e52e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/rwsem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#include "util.h"
+#include "rwsem.h"
+
+int init_rwsem(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	return pthread_rwlock_init(&sem->lock, NULL);
+}
+
+int exit_rwsem(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	return pthread_rwlock_destroy(&sem->lock);
+}
+
+int down_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	return perf_singlethreaded ? 0 : pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&sem->lock);
+}
+
+int up_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	return perf_singlethreaded ? 0 : pthread_rwlock_unlock(&sem->lock);
+}
+
+int down_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	return perf_singlethreaded ? 0 : pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&sem->lock);
+}
+
+int up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	return perf_singlethreaded ? 0 : pthread_rwlock_unlock(&sem->lock);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/rwsem.h b/tools/perf/util/rwsem.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94565ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/rwsem.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef _PERF_RWSEM_H
+#define _PERF_RWSEM_H
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+struct rw_semaphore {
+	pthread_rwlock_t lock;
+};
+
+int init_rwsem(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
+int exit_rwsem(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
+
+int down_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
+int up_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
+
+int down_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
+int up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
+
+#endif /* _PERF_RWSEM_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 5909ee4..066e38a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ void __map_groups__fixup_end(struct map_groups *mg, enum map_type type)
 	struct maps *maps = &mg->maps[type];
 	struct map *next, *curr;
 
-	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&maps->lock);
+	down_write(&maps->lock);
 
 	curr = maps__first(maps);
 	if (curr == NULL)
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void __map_groups__fixup_end(struct map_groups *mg, enum map_type type)
 		curr->end = ~0ULL;
 
 out_unlock:
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&maps->lock);
+	up_write(&maps->lock);
 }
 
 struct symbol *symbol__new(u64 start, u64 len, u8 binding, const char *name)
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ struct map *map_groups__find_by_name(struct map_groups *mg,
 	struct maps *maps = &mg->maps[type];
 	struct map *map;
 
-	pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&maps->lock);
+	down_read(&maps->lock);
 
 	for (map = maps__first(maps); map; map = map__next(map)) {
 		if (map->dso && strcmp(map->dso->short_name, name) == 0)
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@ struct map *map_groups__find_by_name(struct map_groups *mg,
 	map = NULL;
 
 out_unlock:
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&maps->lock);
+	up_read(&maps->lock);
 	return map;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index aee9a42..c09bdb5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static int __thread__prepare_access(struct thread *thread)
 		struct maps *maps = &thread->mg->maps[i];
 		struct map *map;
 
-		pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&maps->lock);
+		down_read(&maps->lock);
 
 		for (map = maps__first(maps); map; map = map__next(map)) {
 			err = unwind__prepare_access(thread, map, &initialized);
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static int __thread__prepare_access(struct thread *thread)
 				break;
 		}
 
-		pthread_rwlock_unlock(&maps->lock);
+		up_read(&maps->lock);
 	}
 
 	return err;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
index e7d60d0..d7f2113 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
index 8a9a677..40b4259 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 3c9c397..97e0c8e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@
 /*
  * XXX We need to find a better place for these things...
  */
+
+bool perf_singlethreaded = true;
+
+void perf_set_singlethreaded(void)
+{
+	perf_singlethreaded = true;
+}
+
+void perf_set_multithreaded(void)
+{
+	perf_singlethreaded = false;
+}
+
 unsigned int page_size;
 int cacheline_size;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 03946d5..6c7e6cc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -62,4 +62,9 @@ int sched_getcpu(void);
 int setns(int fd, int nstype);
 #endif
 
+extern bool perf_singlethreaded;
+
+void perf_set_singlethreaded(void);
+void perf_set_multithreaded(void);
+
 #endif /* GIT_COMPAT_UTIL_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/vdso.c b/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
index d3c39ee..f5f843d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ struct dso *machine__findnew_vdso(struct machine *machine,
 	struct vdso_info *vdso_info;
 	struct dso *dso = NULL;
 
-	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&machine->dsos.lock);
+	down_write(&machine->dsos.lock);
 	if (!machine->vdso_info)
 		machine->vdso_info = vdso_info__new();
 
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ struct dso *machine__findnew_vdso(struct machine *machine,
 
 out_unlock:
 	dso__get(dso);
-	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&machine->dsos.lock);
+	up_write(&machine->dsos.lock);
 	return dso;
 }