diff --git a/src/intel/perf/gen_perf.py b/src/intel/perf/gen_perf.py
index e8db03dd429..5b9de7ee274 100644
--- a/src/intel/perf/gen_perf.py
+++ b/src/intel/perf/gen_perf.py
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ hw_vars["$EuSubslicesTotalCount"] = "perf->sys_vars.n_eu_sub_slices"
 hw_vars["$XeCoreTotalCount"] = "perf->sys_vars.n_eu_sub_slices"
 hw_vars["$EuDualSubslicesTotalCount"] = "perf->sys_vars.n_eu_sub_slices"
 hw_vars["$EuDualSubslicesSlice0123Count"] = "perf->sys_vars.n_eu_slice0123"
-hw_vars["$EuThreadsCount"] = "perf->devinfo.num_thread_per_eu"
-hw_vars["$VectorEngineThreadsCount"] = "perf->devinfo.num_thread_per_eu"
+hw_vars["$EuThreadsCount"] = "perf->devinfo->num_thread_per_eu"
+hw_vars["$VectorEngineThreadsCount"] = "perf->devinfo->num_thread_per_eu"
 hw_vars["$SliceMask"] = "perf->sys_vars.slice_mask"
 hw_vars["$SliceTotalCount"] = "perf->sys_vars.n_eu_slices"
 # subslice_mask is interchangeable with subslice/dual-subslice since Gfx12+
@@ -242,10 +242,10 @@ hw_vars["$SliceTotalCount"] = "perf->sys_vars.n_eu_slices"
 hw_vars["$SubsliceMask"] = "perf->sys_vars.subslice_mask"
 hw_vars["$DualSubsliceMask"] = "perf->sys_vars.subslice_mask"
 hw_vars["$XeCoreMask"] = "perf->sys_vars.subslice_mask"
-hw_vars["$GpuTimestampFrequency"] = "perf->devinfo.timestamp_frequency"
+hw_vars["$GpuTimestampFrequency"] = "perf->devinfo->timestamp_frequency"
 hw_vars["$GpuMinFrequency"] = "perf->sys_vars.gt_min_freq"
 hw_vars["$GpuMaxFrequency"] = "perf->sys_vars.gt_max_freq"
-hw_vars["$SkuRevisionId"] = "perf->devinfo.revision"
+hw_vars["$SkuRevisionId"] = "perf->devinfo->revision"
 hw_vars["$QueryMode"] = "perf->sys_vars.query_mode"
 
 def resolve_variable(name, set, allow_counters):
@@ -253,10 +253,10 @@ def resolve_variable(name, set, allow_counters):
         return hw_vars[name]
     m = re.search(r'\$GtSlice([0-9]+)$', name)
     if m:
-        return 'intel_device_info_slice_available(&perf->devinfo, {0})'.format(m.group(1))
+        return 'intel_device_info_slice_available(perf->devinfo, {0})'.format(m.group(1))
     m = re.search(r'\$GtSlice([0-9]+)XeCore([0-9]+)$', name)
     if m:
-        return 'intel_device_info_subslice_available(&perf->devinfo, {0}, {1})'.format(m.group(1), m.group(2))
+        return 'intel_device_info_subslice_available(perf->devinfo, {0}, {1})'.format(m.group(1), m.group(2))
     if allow_counters and name in set.counter_vars:
         return set.read_funcs[name[1:]] + "(perf, query, results)"
     return None
diff --git a/src/intel/perf/intel_perf.c b/src/intel/perf/intel_perf.c
index e04be2a7d61..385862a4a97 100644
--- a/src/intel/perf/intel_perf.c
+++ b/src/intel/perf/intel_perf.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ init_oa_configs(struct intel_perf_config *perf, int fd,
 static void
 compute_topology_builtins(struct intel_perf_config *perf)
 {
-   const struct intel_device_info *devinfo = &perf->devinfo;
+   const struct intel_device_info *devinfo = perf->devinfo;
 
    perf->sys_vars.slice_mask = devinfo->slice_masks;
    perf->sys_vars.n_eu_slices = devinfo->num_slices;
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ oa_metrics_available(struct intel_perf_config *perf, int fd,
    if (devinfo->kmd_type != INTEL_KMD_TYPE_I915)
       return false;
 
-   perf->devinfo = *devinfo;
+   perf->devinfo = devinfo;
 
    /* Consider an invalid as supported. */
    if (fd == -1) {
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ intel_perf_query_result_accumulate(struct intel_perf_query_result *result,
                            result->accumulator + query->a_offset + 32 + i);
       }
 
-      if (can_use_mi_rpc_bc_counters(&query->perf->devinfo) ||
+      if (can_use_mi_rpc_bc_counters(query->perf->devinfo) ||
           !query->perf->sys_vars.query_mode) {
          /* A36-37 counters are 32bits */
          accumulate_uint32(start + 40, end + 40,
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ intel_perf_query_result_accumulate(struct intel_perf_query_result *result,
                            result->accumulator + query->a_offset + 32 + i);
       }
 
-      if (can_use_mi_rpc_bc_counters(&query->perf->devinfo) ||
+      if (can_use_mi_rpc_bc_counters(query->perf->devinfo) ||
           !query->perf->sys_vars.query_mode) {
          /* 8x 32bit B counters */
          for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ intel_perf_query_result_accumulate_fields(struct intel_perf_query_result *result
                                           bool no_oa_accumulate)
 {
    const struct intel_perf_query_field_layout *layout = &query->perf->query_layout;
-   const struct intel_device_info *devinfo = &query->perf->devinfo;
+   const struct intel_device_info *devinfo = query->perf->devinfo;
 
    for (uint32_t r = 0; r < layout->n_fields; r++) {
       const struct intel_perf_query_field *field = &layout->fields[r];
diff --git a/src/intel/perf/intel_perf.h b/src/intel/perf/intel_perf.h
index 011fbf98693..6462a8faf32 100644
--- a/src/intel/perf/intel_perf.h
+++ b/src/intel/perf/intel_perf.h
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ struct intel_perf_config {
       bool     query_mode;          /** $QueryMode */
    } sys_vars;
 
-   struct intel_device_info devinfo;
+   const struct intel_device_info *devinfo;
 
    /* OA metric sets, indexed by GUID, as know by Mesa at build time, to
     * cross-reference with the GUIDs of configs advertised by the kernel at
diff --git a/src/intel/perf/intel_perf_setup.h b/src/intel/perf/intel_perf_setup.h
index 25e697c2d7e..6ce39a03b16 100644
--- a/src/intel/perf/intel_perf_setup.h
+++ b/src/intel/perf/intel_perf_setup.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ intel_query_alloc(struct intel_perf_config *perf, int ncounters)
    query->counters = rzalloc_array(query, struct intel_perf_query_counter, ncounters);
 
    /* Accumulation buffer offsets... */
-   if (perf->devinfo.verx10 <= 75) {
+   if (perf->devinfo->verx10 <= 75) {
       query->oa_format = I915_OA_FORMAT_A45_B8_C8;
       query->gpu_time_offset = 0;
       query->a_offset = query->gpu_time_offset + 1;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ intel_query_alloc(struct intel_perf_config *perf, int ncounters)
       query->c_offset = query->b_offset + 8;
       query->perfcnt_offset = query->c_offset + 8;
       query->rpstat_offset = query->perfcnt_offset + 2;
-   } else if (perf->devinfo.verx10 <= 120) {
+   } else if (perf->devinfo->verx10 <= 120) {
       query->oa_format = I915_OA_FORMAT_A32u40_A4u32_B8_C8;
       query->gpu_time_offset = 0;
       query->gpu_clock_offset = query->gpu_time_offset + 1;