diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index 2c4ad6838766..b60bae8e395c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -1234,29 +1234,79 @@ out_free:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static void unleader_evsel(struct evlist *evlist, struct evsel *leader)
+{
+	struct evsel *new_leader = NULL;
+	struct evsel *evsel;
+
+	/* Find new leader for the group */
+	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+		if (evsel->leader != leader || evsel == leader)
+			continue;
+		if (!new_leader)
+			new_leader = evsel;
+		evsel->leader = new_leader;
+	}
+
+	/* Update group information */
+	if (new_leader) {
+		zfree(&new_leader->group_name);
+		new_leader->group_name = leader->group_name;
+		leader->group_name = NULL;
+
+		new_leader->core.nr_members = leader->core.nr_members - 1;
+		leader->core.nr_members = 1;
+	}
+}
+
+static void unleader_auxtrace(struct perf_session *session)
+{
+	struct evsel *evsel;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(session->evlist, evsel) {
+		if (auxtrace__evsel_is_auxtrace(session, evsel) &&
+		    perf_evsel__is_group_leader(evsel)) {
+			unleader_evsel(session->evlist, evsel);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 int perf_event__process_auxtrace_info(struct perf_session *session,
 				      union perf_event *event)
 {
 	enum auxtrace_type type = event->auxtrace_info.type;
+	int err;
 
 	if (dump_trace)
 		fprintf(stdout, " type: %u\n", type);
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case PERF_AUXTRACE_INTEL_PT:
-		return intel_pt_process_auxtrace_info(event, session);
+		err = intel_pt_process_auxtrace_info(event, session);
+		break;
 	case PERF_AUXTRACE_INTEL_BTS:
-		return intel_bts_process_auxtrace_info(event, session);
+		err = intel_bts_process_auxtrace_info(event, session);
+		break;
 	case PERF_AUXTRACE_ARM_SPE:
-		return arm_spe_process_auxtrace_info(event, session);
+		err = arm_spe_process_auxtrace_info(event, session);
+		break;
 	case PERF_AUXTRACE_CS_ETM:
-		return cs_etm__process_auxtrace_info(event, session);
+		err = cs_etm__process_auxtrace_info(event, session);
+		break;
 	case PERF_AUXTRACE_S390_CPUMSF:
-		return s390_cpumsf_process_auxtrace_info(event, session);
+		err = s390_cpumsf_process_auxtrace_info(event, session);
+		break;
 	case PERF_AUXTRACE_UNKNOWN:
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	unleader_auxtrace(session);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 s64 perf_event__process_auxtrace(struct perf_session *session,