diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 5bf818baa662..218c8b44d7be 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -1606,10 +1606,16 @@ static int __cmd_timechart(struct timechart *tchart, const char *output_name)
 		.mode  = PERF_DATA_MODE_READ,
 		.force = tchart->force,
 	};
-
-	struct perf_session *session = perf_session__new(&data, &tchart->tool);
+	struct perf_session *session;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
+	perf_tool__init(&tchart->tool, /*ordered_events=*/true);
+	tchart->tool.comm		 = process_comm_event;
+	tchart->tool.fork		 = process_fork_event;
+	tchart->tool.exit		 = process_exit_event;
+	tchart->tool.sample		 = process_sample_event;
+
+	session = perf_session__new(&data, &tchart->tool);
 	if (IS_ERR(session))
 		return PTR_ERR(session);
 
@@ -1924,13 +1930,6 @@ parse_time(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int __maybe_unused unset)
 int cmd_timechart(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	struct timechart tchart = {
-		.tool = {
-			.comm		 = process_comm_event,
-			.fork		 = process_fork_event,
-			.exit		 = process_exit_event,
-			.sample		 = process_sample_event,
-			.ordered_events	 = true,
-		},
 		.proc_num = 15,
 		.min_time = NSEC_PER_MSEC,
 		.merge_dist = 1000,