diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index 13fd9fdf91e0..3e83636076b2 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -142,6 +142,25 @@ static int cmdline_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Looking for where to place the key */
+static int cmdline_slot_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct tep_cmdline *ca = a;
+	const struct tep_cmdline *cb = b;
+	const struct tep_cmdline *cb1 = cb + 1;
+
+	if (ca->pid < cb->pid)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (ca->pid > cb->pid) {
+		if (ca->pid <= cb1->pid)
+			return 0;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct cmdline_list {
 	struct cmdline_list	*next;
 	char			*comm;
@@ -239,6 +258,7 @@ static int add_new_comm(struct tep_handle *tep,
 	struct tep_cmdline *cmdline;
 	struct tep_cmdline key;
 	char *new_comm;
+	int cnt;
 
 	if (!pid)
 		return 0;
@@ -271,18 +291,41 @@ static int add_new_comm(struct tep_handle *tep,
 	}
 	tep->cmdlines = cmdlines;
 
-	cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm = strdup(comm);
-	if (!cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm) {
+	key.comm = strdup(comm);
+	if (!key.comm) {
 		errno = ENOMEM;
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].pid = pid;
-		
-	if (cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm)
+	if (!tep->cmdline_count) {
+		/* no entries yet */
+		tep->cmdlines[0] = key;
 		tep->cmdline_count++;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
-	qsort(cmdlines, tep->cmdline_count, sizeof(*cmdlines), cmdline_cmp);
+	/* Now find where we want to store the new cmdline */
+	cmdline = bsearch(&key, tep->cmdlines, tep->cmdline_count - 1,
+			  sizeof(*tep->cmdlines), cmdline_slot_cmp);
+
+	cnt = tep->cmdline_count;
+	if (cmdline) {
+		/* cmdline points to the one before the spot we want */
+		cmdline++;
+		cnt -= cmdline - tep->cmdlines;
+
+	} else {
+		/* The new entry is either before or after the list */
+		if (key.pid > tep->cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count - 1].pid) {
+			tep->cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count++] = key;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		cmdline = &tep->cmdlines[0];
+	}
+	memmove(cmdline + 1, cmdline, (cnt * sizeof(*cmdline)));
+	*cmdline = key;
+
+	tep->cmdline_count++;
 
 	return 0;
 }