diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 502cd11ab17e52ae219d9b4df71882280fee0c82..6b13bfa7ac2ccdf7ac95458ff88866b5cd7ed077 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -717,8 +717,6 @@ static int __perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx,
 		evlist->mmap[idx].base = NULL;
 		return -1;
 	}
-
-	perf_evlist__add_pollfd(evlist, fd);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -745,6 +743,8 @@ static int perf_evlist__mmap_per_evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx,
 				return -1;
 		}
 
+		perf_evlist__add_pollfd(evlist, fd);
+
 		if ((evsel->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID) &&
 		    perf_evlist__id_add_fd(evlist, evsel, cpu, thread, fd) < 0)
 			return -1;