diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index e7eaa298d34a..fbd7c6c695b8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -1933,6 +1933,11 @@ int cmd_timechart(int argc, const char **argv,
 		.merge_dist = 1000,
 	};
 	const char *output_name = "output.svg";
+	const struct option timechart_common_options[] = {
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('P', "power-only", &tchart.power_only, "output power data only"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('T', "tasks-only", &tchart.tasks_only, "output processes data only"),
+	OPT_END()
+	};
 	const struct option timechart_options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file", "input file name"),
 	OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output_name, "file", "output file name"),
@@ -1940,9 +1945,6 @@ int cmd_timechart(int argc, const char **argv,
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "highlight", NULL, "duration or task name",
 		      "highlight tasks. Pass duration in ns or process name.",
 		       parse_highlight),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('P', "power-only", &tchart.power_only, "output power data only"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('T', "tasks-only", &tchart.tasks_only,
-		    "output processes data only"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('p', "process", NULL, "process",
 		      "process selector. Pass a pid or process name.",
 		       parse_process),
@@ -1962,22 +1964,18 @@ int cmd_timechart(int argc, const char **argv,
 		     "merge events that are merge-dist us apart",
 		     parse_time),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &tchart.force, "don't complain, do it"),
-	OPT_END()
+	OPT_PARENT(timechart_common_options),
 	};
 	const char * const timechart_subcommands[] = { "record", NULL };
 	const char *timechart_usage[] = {
 		"perf timechart [<options>] {record}",
 		NULL
 	};
-
 	const struct option timechart_record_options[] = {
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('P', "power-only", &tchart.power_only, "output power data only"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('T', "tasks-only", &tchart.tasks_only,
-		    "output processes data only"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('I', "io-only", &tchart.io_only,
 		    "record only IO data"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "callchain", &tchart.with_backtrace, "record callchain"),
-	OPT_END()
+	OPT_PARENT(timechart_common_options),
 	};
 	const char * const timechart_record_usage[] = {
 		"perf timechart record [<options>]",