diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index 9ba2eb3bdcfd..e5dd40addb30 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "map.h"
 #include "build-id.h"
+#include "perf_regs.h"
 
 struct mmap_event {
 	struct perf_event_header header;
@@ -89,6 +90,10 @@ struct regs_dump {
 	u64 abi;
 	u64 mask;
 	u64 *regs;
+
+	/* Cached values/mask filled by first register access. */
+	u64 cache_regs[PERF_REGS_MAX];
+	u64 cache_mask;
 };
 
 struct stack_dump {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c
index a3539ef30b15..43168fb0d9a2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include "perf_regs.h"
+#include "event.h"
 
 int perf_reg_value(u64 *valp, struct regs_dump *regs, int id)
 {
 	int i, idx = 0;
 	u64 mask = regs->mask;
 
+	if (regs->cache_mask & (1 << id))
+		goto out;
+
 	if (!(mask & (1 << id)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -14,6 +18,10 @@ int perf_reg_value(u64 *valp, struct regs_dump *regs, int id)
 			idx++;
 	}
 
-	*valp = regs->regs[idx];
+	regs->cache_mask |= (1 << id);
+	regs->cache_regs[id] = regs->regs[idx];
+
+out:
+	*valp = regs->cache_regs[id];
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h
index 79c78f74e0cf..980dbf76bc98 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #define __PERF_REGS_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include "event.h"
+
+struct regs_dump;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PERF_REGS_SUPPORT
 #include <perf_regs.h>
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ int perf_reg_value(u64 *valp, struct regs_dump *regs, int id);
 
 #else
 #define PERF_REGS_MASK	0
+#define PERF_REGS_MAX	0
 
 static inline const char *perf_reg_name(int id __maybe_unused)
 {