diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.c b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.c
index 0a0d3ecb4e8a..2b81b72eca23 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.c
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.c
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ int main(void)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	pthread_attr_t thread_attr;
+	cpu_set_t cs;
 
 	pthread_attr_init(&thread_attr);
 	/* don't care abt exact args, just the API itself in libpthread */
-	ret = pthread_attr_setaffinity_np(&thread_attr, 0, NULL);
+	ret = pthread_attr_setaffinity_np(&thread_attr, sizeof(cs), &cs);
 
 	return ret;
 }