diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index 6a186b668303..479273130794 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -339,10 +339,10 @@ static inline void perf_hpp__prepend_sort_field(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(format, tmp, &(_list)->sorts, sort_list)
 
 #define hists__for_each_format(hists, format) \
-	perf_hpp_list__for_each_format((hists)->hpp_list, fmt)
+	perf_hpp_list__for_each_format((hists)->hpp_list, format)
 
 #define hists__for_each_sort_list(hists, format) \
-	perf_hpp_list__for_each_sort_list((hists)->hpp_list, fmt)
+	perf_hpp_list__for_each_sort_list((hists)->hpp_list, format)
 
 extern struct perf_hpp_fmt perf_hpp__format[];