diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
index 93c259092071..cc927d88a615 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
@@ -37,11 +37,44 @@ struct arm_spe_recording {
 	bool			*wrapped;
 };
 
+/*
+ * arm_spe_find_cpus() returns a new cpu map, and the caller should invoke
+ * perf_cpu_map__put() to release the map after use.
+ */
+static struct perf_cpu_map *arm_spe_find_cpus(struct evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_cpu_map *event_cpus = evlist->core.user_requested_cpus;
+	struct perf_cpu_map *online_cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
+	struct perf_cpu_map *intersect_cpus;
+
+	/* cpu map is not "any" CPU , we have specific CPUs to work with */
+	if (!perf_cpu_map__has_any_cpu(event_cpus)) {
+		intersect_cpus = perf_cpu_map__intersect(event_cpus, online_cpus);
+		perf_cpu_map__put(online_cpus);
+	/* Event can be "any" CPU so count all CPUs. */
+	} else {
+		intersect_cpus = online_cpus;
+	}
+
+	return intersect_cpus;
+}
+
 static size_t
 arm_spe_info_priv_size(struct auxtrace_record *itr __maybe_unused,
-		       struct evlist *evlist __maybe_unused)
+		       struct evlist *evlist)
 {
-	return ARM_SPE_AUXTRACE_V1_PRIV_SIZE;
+	struct perf_cpu_map *cpu_map = arm_spe_find_cpus(evlist);
+	size_t size;
+
+	if (!cpu_map)
+		return 0;
+
+	size = ARM_SPE_AUXTRACE_PRIV_MAX +
+	       ARM_SPE_CPU_PRIV_MAX * perf_cpu_map__nr(cpu_map);
+	size *= sizeof(u64);
+
+	perf_cpu_map__put(cpu_map);
+	return size;
 }
 
 static int arm_spe_info_fill(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
@@ -53,7 +86,7 @@ static int arm_spe_info_fill(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 			container_of(itr, struct arm_spe_recording, itr);
 	struct perf_pmu *arm_spe_pmu = sper->arm_spe_pmu;
 
-	if (priv_size != ARM_SPE_AUXTRACE_V1_PRIV_SIZE)
+	if (priv_size != arm_spe_info_priv_size(itr, session->evlist))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!session->evlist->core.nr_mmaps)