diff --git a/tools/perf/util/print-events.c b/tools/perf/util/print-events.c
index ee145cec42c0..89ac34a922c9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/print-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/print-events.c
@@ -230,58 +230,60 @@ void print_sdt_events(const struct print_callbacks *print_cb, void *print_state)
 
 int print_hwcache_events(const struct print_callbacks *print_cb, void *print_state)
 {
-	struct strlist *evt_name_list = strlist__new(NULL, NULL);
-	struct str_node *nd;
+	const char *event_type_descriptor = event_type_descriptors[PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE];
 
-	if (!evt_name_list) {
-		pr_debug("Failed to allocate new strlist for hwcache events\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 	for (int type = 0; type < PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX; type++) {
 		for (int op = 0; op < PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX; op++) {
 			/* skip invalid cache type */
 			if (!evsel__is_cache_op_valid(type, op))
 				continue;
 
-			for (int i = 0; i < PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX; i++) {
+			for (int res = 0; res < PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX; res++) {
 				struct perf_pmu *pmu = NULL;
 				char name[64];
 
-				__evsel__hw_cache_type_op_res_name(type, op, i, name, sizeof(name));
+				__evsel__hw_cache_type_op_res_name(type, op, res,
+								   name, sizeof(name));
 				if (!perf_pmu__has_hybrid()) {
 					if (is_event_supported(PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE,
-							       type | (op << 8) | (i << 16)))
-						strlist__add(evt_name_list, name);
+								type | (op << 8) | (res << 16))) {
+						print_cb->print_event(print_state,
+								"cache",
+								/*pmu_name=*/NULL,
+								name,
+								/*event_alias=*/NULL,
+								/*scale_unit=*/NULL,
+								/*deprecated=*/false,
+								event_type_descriptor,
+								/*desc=*/NULL,
+								/*long_desc=*/NULL,
+								/*encoding_desc=*/NULL);
+					}
 					continue;
 				}
 				perf_pmu__for_each_hybrid_pmu(pmu) {
 					if (is_event_supported(PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE,
-					    type | (op << 8) | (i << 16) |
+					    type | (op << 8) | (res << 16) |
 					    ((__u64)pmu->type << PERF_PMU_TYPE_SHIFT))) {
 						char new_name[128];
-							snprintf(new_name, sizeof(new_name),
-								 "%s/%s/", pmu->name, name);
-							strlist__add(evt_name_list, new_name);
+						snprintf(new_name, sizeof(new_name),
+							"%s/%s/", pmu->name, name);
+						print_cb->print_event(print_state,
+								"cache",
+								pmu->name,
+								name,
+								new_name,
+								/*scale_unit=*/NULL,
+								/*deprecated=*/false,
+								event_type_descriptor,
+								/*desc=*/NULL,
+								/*long_desc=*/NULL,
+								/*encoding_desc=*/NULL);
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	strlist__for_each_entry(nd, evt_name_list) {
-		print_cb->print_event(print_state,
-				"cache",
-				/*pmu_name=*/NULL,
-				nd->s,
-				/*event_alias=*/NULL,
-				/*scale_unit=*/NULL,
-				/*deprecated=*/false,
-				event_type_descriptors[PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE],
-				/*desc=*/NULL,
-				/*long_desc=*/NULL,
-				/*encoding_desc=*/NULL);
-	}
-	strlist__delete(evt_name_list);
 	return 0;
 }