diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index e18f1b9..b5b8db0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 };
 
 static int perf_evsel__add_sample(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-				  struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
+				  struct perf_sample *sample,
 				  struct addr_location *al,
 				  struct perf_annotate *ann)
 {
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	he = __hists__add_entry(hists, al, NULL, NULL, NULL, 1, 1, 0, true);
+	sample->period = 1;
+	sample->weight = 1;
+
+	he = __hists__add_entry(hists, al, NULL, NULL, NULL, sample, true);
 	if (he == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 0b180a8..69f5b1fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -311,11 +311,11 @@
 }
 
 static int hists__add_entry(struct hists *hists,
-			    struct addr_location *al, u64 period,
-			    u64 weight, u64 transaction)
+			    struct addr_location *al,
+			    struct perf_sample *sample)
 {
-	if (__hists__add_entry(hists, al, NULL, NULL, NULL, period, weight,
-			       transaction, true) != NULL)
+	if (__hists__add_entry(hists, al, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+			       sample, true) != NULL)
 		return 0;
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
@@ -336,8 +336,7 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (hists__add_entry(hists, &al, sample->period,
-			     sample->weight, sample->transaction)) {
+	if (hists__add_entry(hists, &al, sample)) {
 		pr_warning("problem incrementing symbol period, skipping event\n");
 		goto out_put;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
index 6243e2b..9eac98d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 	struct addr_location al;
 	struct hist_entry *he;
-	struct perf_sample sample = { .period = 1, };
+	struct perf_sample sample = { .period = 1, .weight = 1, };
 	size_t i = 0, k;
 
 	/*
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 				goto out;
 
 			he = __hists__add_entry(hists, &al, NULL,
-						NULL, NULL, 1, 1, 0, true);
+						NULL, NULL, &sample, true);
 			if (he == NULL) {
 				addr_location__put(&al);
 				goto out;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 				goto out;
 
 			he = __hists__add_entry(hists, &al, NULL,
-						NULL, NULL, 1, 1, 0, true);
+						NULL, NULL, &sample, true);
 			if (he == NULL) {
 				addr_location__put(&al);
 				goto out;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 56e97f5..039bb91 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
 				      struct symbol *sym_parent,
 				      struct branch_info *bi,
 				      struct mem_info *mi,
-				      u64 period, u64 weight, u64 transaction,
+				      struct perf_sample *sample,
 				      bool sample_self)
 {
 	struct hist_entry entry = {
@@ -478,15 +478,15 @@
 		.level	 = al->level,
 		.stat = {
 			.nr_events = 1,
-			.period	= period,
-			.weight = weight,
+			.period	= sample->period,
+			.weight = sample->weight,
 		},
 		.parent = sym_parent,
 		.filtered = symbol__parent_filter(sym_parent) | al->filtered,
 		.hists	= hists,
 		.branch_info = bi,
 		.mem_info = mi,
-		.transaction = transaction,
+		.transaction = sample->transaction,
 	};
 
 	return hists__findnew_entry(hists, &entry, al, sample_self);
@@ -526,12 +526,13 @@
 	u64 cost;
 	struct mem_info *mi = iter->priv;
 	struct hists *hists = evsel__hists(iter->evsel);
+	struct perf_sample *sample = iter->sample;
 	struct hist_entry *he;
 
 	if (mi == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	cost = iter->sample->weight;
+	cost = sample->weight;
 	if (!cost)
 		cost = 1;
 
@@ -542,8 +543,10 @@
 	 * and this is indirectly achieved by passing period=weight here
 	 * and the he_stat__add_period() function.
 	 */
+	sample->period = cost;
+
 	he = __hists__add_entry(hists, al, iter->parent, NULL, mi,
-				cost, cost, 0, true);
+				sample, true);
 	if (!he)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -630,6 +633,7 @@
 	struct branch_info *bi;
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel = iter->evsel;
 	struct hists *hists = evsel__hists(evsel);
+	struct perf_sample *sample = iter->sample;
 	struct hist_entry *he = NULL;
 	int i = iter->curr;
 	int err = 0;
@@ -643,9 +647,11 @@
 	 * The report shows the percentage of total branches captured
 	 * and not events sampled. Thus we use a pseudo period of 1.
 	 */
+	sample->period = 1;
+	sample->weight = bi->flags.cycles ? bi->flags.cycles : 1;
+
 	he = __hists__add_entry(hists, al, iter->parent, &bi[i], NULL,
-				1, bi->flags.cycles ? bi->flags.cycles : 1,
-				0, true);
+				sample, true);
 	if (he == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -682,8 +688,7 @@
 	struct hist_entry *he;
 
 	he = __hists__add_entry(evsel__hists(evsel), al, iter->parent, NULL, NULL,
-				sample->period, sample->weight,
-				sample->transaction, true);
+				sample, true);
 	if (he == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -744,8 +749,7 @@
 	int err = 0;
 
 	he = __hists__add_entry(hists, al, iter->parent, NULL, NULL,
-				sample->period, sample->weight,
-				sample->transaction, true);
+				sample, true);
 	if (he == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -818,8 +822,7 @@
 	}
 
 	he = __hists__add_entry(evsel__hists(evsel), al, iter->parent, NULL, NULL,
-				sample->period, sample->weight,
-				sample->transaction, false);
+				sample, false);
 	if (he == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index a48a207..36439bf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@
 				      struct addr_location *al,
 				      struct symbol *parent,
 				      struct branch_info *bi,
-				      struct mem_info *mi, u64 period,
-				      u64 weight, u64 transaction,
+				      struct mem_info *mi,
+				      struct perf_sample *sample,
 				      bool sample_self);
 int hist_entry_iter__add(struct hist_entry_iter *iter, struct addr_location *al,
 			 int max_stack_depth, void *arg);