diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 7efb4af88a68..d232b13ea713 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ Specify vmlinux path which has debuginfo.
 --buildid-all::
 Record build-id of all DSOs regardless whether it's actually hit or not.
 
---aio::
-Enable asynchronous (Posix AIO) trace writing mode.
+--aio[=n]::
+Use <n> control blocks in asynchronous (Posix AIO) trace writing mode (default: 1, max: 4).
 Asynchronous mode is supported only when linking Perf tool with libc library
 providing implementation for Posix AIO API.
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 408d6477c960..4736dc96c4ca 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -196,16 +196,35 @@ static int record__aio_complete(struct perf_mmap *md, struct aiocb *cblock)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static void record__aio_sync(struct perf_mmap *md)
+static int record__aio_sync(struct perf_mmap *md, bool sync_all)
 {
-	struct aiocb *cblock = &md->aio.cblock;
+	struct aiocb **aiocb = md->aio.aiocb;
+	struct aiocb *cblocks = md->aio.cblocks;
 	struct timespec timeout = { 0, 1000 * 1000  * 1 }; /* 1ms */
+	int i, do_suspend;
 
 	do {
-		if (cblock->aio_fildes == -1 || record__aio_complete(md, cblock))
-			return;
+		do_suspend = 0;
+		for (i = 0; i < md->aio.nr_cblocks; ++i) {
+			if (cblocks[i].aio_fildes == -1 || record__aio_complete(md, &cblocks[i])) {
+				if (sync_all)
+					aiocb[i] = NULL;
+				else
+					return i;
+			} else {
+				/*
+				 * Started aio write is not complete yet
+				 * so it has to be waited before the
+				 * next allocation.
+				 */
+				aiocb[i] = &cblocks[i];
+				do_suspend = 1;
+			}
+		}
+		if (!do_suspend)
+			return -1;
 
-		while (aio_suspend((const struct aiocb**)&cblock, 1, &timeout)) {
+		while (aio_suspend((const struct aiocb **)aiocb, md->aio.nr_cblocks, &timeout)) {
 			if (!(errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR))
 				pr_err("failed to sync perf data, error: %m\n");
 		}
@@ -252,28 +271,36 @@ static void record__aio_mmap_read_sync(struct record *rec)
 		struct perf_mmap *map = &maps[i];
 
 		if (map->base)
-			record__aio_sync(map);
+			record__aio_sync(map, true);
 	}
 }
 
 static int nr_cblocks_default = 1;
+static int nr_cblocks_max = 4;
 
 static int record__aio_parse(const struct option *opt,
-			     const char *str __maybe_unused,
+			     const char *str,
 			     int unset)
 {
 	struct record_opts *opts = (struct record_opts *)opt->value;
 
-	if (unset)
+	if (unset) {
 		opts->nr_cblocks = 0;
-	else
-		opts->nr_cblocks = nr_cblocks_default;
+	} else {
+		if (str)
+			opts->nr_cblocks = strtol(str, NULL, 0);
+		if (!opts->nr_cblocks)
+			opts->nr_cblocks = nr_cblocks_default;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 #else /* HAVE_AIO_SUPPORT */
-static void record__aio_sync(struct perf_mmap *md __maybe_unused)
+static int nr_cblocks_max = 0;
+
+static int record__aio_sync(struct perf_mmap *md __maybe_unused, bool sync_all __maybe_unused)
 {
+	return -1;
 }
 
 static int record__aio_pushfn(void *to __maybe_unused, struct aiocb *cblock __maybe_unused,
@@ -728,12 +755,13 @@ static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evli
 					goto out;
 				}
 			} else {
+				int idx;
 				/*
 				 * Call record__aio_sync() to wait till map->data buffer
 				 * becomes available after previous aio write request.
 				 */
-				record__aio_sync(map);
-				if (perf_mmap__aio_push(map, rec, record__aio_pushfn, &off) != 0) {
+				idx = record__aio_sync(map, false);
+				if (perf_mmap__aio_push(map, rec, idx, record__aio_pushfn, &off) != 0) {
 					record__aio_set_pos(trace_fd, off);
 					rc = -1;
 					goto out;
@@ -1503,6 +1531,13 @@ static int perf_record_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		var = "call-graph.record-mode";
 		return perf_default_config(var, value, cb);
 	}
+#ifdef HAVE_AIO_SUPPORT
+	if (!strcmp(var, "record.aio")) {
+		rec->opts.nr_cblocks = strtol(value, NULL, 0);
+		if (!rec->opts.nr_cblocks)
+			rec->opts.nr_cblocks = nr_cblocks_default;
+	}
+#endif
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1909,8 +1944,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dry_run,
 		    "Parse options then exit"),
 #ifdef HAVE_AIO_SUPPORT
-	OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT(0, "aio", &record.opts,
-		     NULL, "Enable asynchronous trace writing mode",
+	OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(0, "aio", &record.opts,
+		     &nr_cblocks_default, "n", "Use <n> control blocks in asynchronous trace writing mode (default: 1, max: 4)",
 		     record__aio_parse),
 #endif
 	OPT_END()
@@ -2105,6 +2140,8 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (rec->opts.nr_cblocks > nr_cblocks_max)
+		rec->opts.nr_cblocks = nr_cblocks_max;
 	if (verbose > 0)
 		pr_info("nr_cblocks: %d\n", rec->opts.nr_cblocks);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
index 61aa381d05d0..ab30555d2afc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
@@ -156,28 +156,50 @@ void __weak auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp __mayb
 #ifdef HAVE_AIO_SUPPORT
 static int perf_mmap__aio_mmap(struct perf_mmap *map, struct mmap_params *mp)
 {
-	int delta_max;
+	int delta_max, i, prio;
 
 	map->aio.nr_cblocks = mp->nr_cblocks;
 	if (map->aio.nr_cblocks) {
-		map->aio.data = malloc(perf_mmap__mmap_len(map));
+		map->aio.aiocb = calloc(map->aio.nr_cblocks, sizeof(struct aiocb *));
+		if (!map->aio.aiocb) {
+			pr_debug2("failed to allocate aiocb for data buffer, error %m\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		map->aio.cblocks = calloc(map->aio.nr_cblocks, sizeof(struct aiocb));
+		if (!map->aio.cblocks) {
+			pr_debug2("failed to allocate cblocks for data buffer, error %m\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		map->aio.data = calloc(map->aio.nr_cblocks, sizeof(void *));
 		if (!map->aio.data) {
 			pr_debug2("failed to allocate data buffer, error %m\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
-		/*
-		 * Use cblock.aio_fildes value different from -1
-		 * to denote started aio write operation on the
-		 * cblock so it requires explicit record__aio_sync()
-		 * call prior the cblock may be reused again.
-		 */
-		map->aio.cblock.aio_fildes = -1;
-		/*
-		 * Allocate cblock with max priority delta to
-		 * have faster aio write system calls.
-		 */
 		delta_max = sysconf(_SC_AIO_PRIO_DELTA_MAX);
-		map->aio.cblock.aio_reqprio = delta_max;
+		for (i = 0; i < map->aio.nr_cblocks; ++i) {
+			map->aio.data[i] = malloc(perf_mmap__mmap_len(map));
+			if (!map->aio.data[i]) {
+				pr_debug2("failed to allocate data buffer area, error %m");
+				return -1;
+			}
+			/*
+			 * Use cblock.aio_fildes value different from -1
+			 * to denote started aio write operation on the
+			 * cblock so it requires explicit record__aio_sync()
+			 * call prior the cblock may be reused again.
+			 */
+			map->aio.cblocks[i].aio_fildes = -1;
+			/*
+			 * Allocate cblocks with priority delta to have
+			 * faster aio write system calls because queued requests
+			 * are kept in separate per-prio queues and adding
+			 * a new request will iterate thru shorter per-prio
+			 * list. Blocks with numbers higher than
+			 *  _SC_AIO_PRIO_DELTA_MAX go with priority 0.
+			 */
+			prio = delta_max - i;
+			map->aio.cblocks[i].aio_reqprio = prio >= 0 ? prio : 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -189,7 +211,7 @@ static void perf_mmap__aio_munmap(struct perf_mmap *map)
 		zfree(&map->aio.data);
 }
 
-int perf_mmap__aio_push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to,
+int perf_mmap__aio_push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to, int idx,
 			int push(void *to, struct aiocb *cblock, void *buf, size_t size, off_t off),
 			off_t *off)
 {
@@ -204,7 +226,7 @@ int perf_mmap__aio_push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to,
 		return (rc == -EAGAIN) ? 0 : -1;
 
 	/*
-	 * md->base data is copied into md->data buffer to
+	 * md->base data is copied into md->data[idx] buffer to
 	 * release space in the kernel buffer as fast as possible,
 	 * thru perf_mmap__consume() below.
 	 *
@@ -226,20 +248,20 @@ int perf_mmap__aio_push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to,
 		buf = &data[md->start & md->mask];
 		size = md->mask + 1 - (md->start & md->mask);
 		md->start += size;
-		memcpy(md->aio.data, buf, size);
+		memcpy(md->aio.data[idx], buf, size);
 		size0 = size;
 	}
 
 	buf = &data[md->start & md->mask];
 	size = md->end - md->start;
 	md->start += size;
-	memcpy(md->aio.data + size0, buf, size);
+	memcpy(md->aio.data[idx] + size0, buf, size);
 
 	/*
-	 * Increment md->refcount to guard md->data buffer
+	 * Increment md->refcount to guard md->data[idx] buffer
 	 * from premature deallocation because md object can be
 	 * released earlier than aio write request started
-	 * on mmap->data is complete.
+	 * on mmap->data[idx] is complete.
 	 *
 	 * perf_mmap__put() is done at record__aio_complete()
 	 * after started request completion.
@@ -249,7 +271,7 @@ int perf_mmap__aio_push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to,
 	md->prev = head;
 	perf_mmap__consume(md);
 
-	rc = push(to, &md->aio.cblock, md->aio.data, size0 + size, *off);
+	rc = push(to, &md->aio.cblocks[idx], md->aio.data[idx], size0 + size, *off);
 	if (!rc) {
 		*off += size0 + size;
 	} else {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.h b/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
index b99213ba11b5..aeb6942fdb00 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ struct perf_mmap {
 	char		 event_copy[PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE] __aligned(8);
 #ifdef HAVE_AIO_SUPPORT
 	struct {
-		void 		 *data;
-		struct aiocb	 cblock;
+		void		 **data;
+		struct aiocb	 *cblocks;
+		struct aiocb	 **aiocb;
 		int		 nr_cblocks;
 	} aio;
 #endif
@@ -97,11 +98,11 @@ union perf_event *perf_mmap__read_event(struct perf_mmap *map);
 int perf_mmap__push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to,
 		    int push(struct perf_mmap *map, void *to, void *buf, size_t size));
 #ifdef HAVE_AIO_SUPPORT
-int perf_mmap__aio_push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to,
+int perf_mmap__aio_push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to, int idx,
 			int push(void *to, struct aiocb *cblock, void *buf, size_t size, off_t off),
 			off_t *off);
 #else
-static inline int perf_mmap__aio_push(struct perf_mmap *md __maybe_unused, void *to __maybe_unused,
+static inline int perf_mmap__aio_push(struct perf_mmap *md __maybe_unused, void *to __maybe_unused, int idx __maybe_unused,
 	int push(void *to, struct aiocb *cblock, void *buf, size_t size, off_t off) __maybe_unused,
 	off_t *off __maybe_unused)
 {