diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index 3fd350de0051b5..e2f317063eec7b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -218,15 +218,20 @@ static struct auxtrace_queue *auxtrace_alloc_queue_array(unsigned int nr_queues)
 	return queue_array;
 }
 
-int auxtrace_queues__init(struct auxtrace_queues *queues)
+int auxtrace_queues__init_nr(struct auxtrace_queues *queues, int nr_queues)
 {
-	queues->nr_queues = AUXTRACE_INIT_NR_QUEUES;
+	queues->nr_queues = nr_queues;
 	queues->queue_array = auxtrace_alloc_queue_array(queues->nr_queues);
 	if (!queues->queue_array)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int auxtrace_queues__init(struct auxtrace_queues *queues)
+{
+	return auxtrace_queues__init_nr(queues, AUXTRACE_INIT_NR_QUEUES);
+}
+
 static int auxtrace_queues__grow(struct auxtrace_queues *queues,
 				 unsigned int new_nr_queues)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
index 55702215a82d31..8a6ec9565835f4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ int auxtrace_mmap__read_snapshot(struct mmap *map,
 				 struct perf_tool *tool, process_auxtrace_t fn,
 				 size_t snapshot_size);
 
+int auxtrace_queues__init_nr(struct auxtrace_queues *queues, int nr_queues);
 int auxtrace_queues__init(struct auxtrace_queues *queues);
 int auxtrace_queues__add_event(struct auxtrace_queues *queues,
 			       struct perf_session *session,