diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 27ff899..d4f0430 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ static int record__synthesize(struct record *rec, bool tail)
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	err = perf_event__synthesize_cpu_map(&rec->tool, rec->evlist->cpus,
+	err = perf_event__synthesize_cpu_map(&rec->tool, rec->evlist->core.cpus,
 					     process_synthesized_event, NULL);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		pr_err("Couldn't synthesize cpu map.\n");