diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
index 5a8bf318f8a7..91f10d6d9ae2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int test__basic_mmap(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unuse
 		expected_nr_events[i] = 1 + rand() % 127;
 	}
 
-	if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, 128, true) < 0) {
+	if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, 128, false) < 0) {
 		pr_debug("failed to mmap events: %d (%s)\n", errno,
 			 str_error_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
 		goto out_delete_evlist;