diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index fed9ae432c16..fba4a940ba31 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -1662,28 +1662,29 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 	return cmd_record(i, rec_argv, NULL);
 }
 
+static const char default_sort_order[] = "avg, max, switch, runtime";
+static struct perf_sched sched = {
+	.tool = {
+		.sample		 = perf_sched__process_tracepoint_sample,
+		.comm		 = perf_event__process_comm,
+		.lost		 = perf_event__process_lost,
+		.fork		 = perf_event__process_fork,
+		.ordered_samples = true,
+	},
+	.cmp_pid	      = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sched.cmp_pid),
+	.sort_list	      = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sched.sort_list),
+	.start_work_mutex     = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
+	.work_done_wait_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
+	.curr_pid	      = { [0 ... MAX_CPUS - 1] = -1 },
+	.sort_order	      = default_sort_order,
+	.replay_repeat	      = 10,
+	.profile_cpu	      = -1,
+	.next_shortname1      = 'A',
+	.next_shortname2      = '0',
+};
+
 int cmd_sched(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
-	const char default_sort_order[] = "avg, max, switch, runtime";
-	struct perf_sched sched = {
-		.tool = {
-			.sample		 = perf_sched__process_tracepoint_sample,
-			.comm		 = perf_event__process_comm,
-			.lost		 = perf_event__process_lost,
-			.fork		 = perf_event__process_fork,
-			.ordered_samples = true,
-		},
-		.cmp_pid	      = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sched.cmp_pid),
-		.sort_list	      = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sched.sort_list),
-		.start_work_mutex     = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
-		.work_done_wait_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
-		.curr_pid	      = { [0 ... MAX_CPUS - 1] = -1 },
-		.sort_order	      = default_sort_order,
-		.replay_repeat	      = 10,
-		.profile_cpu	      = -1,
-		.next_shortname1      = 'A',
-		.next_shortname2      = '0',
-	};
 	const struct option latency_options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('s', "sort", &sched.sort_order, "key[,key2...]",
 		   "sort by key(s): runtime, switch, avg, max"),