diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 6b0db5577929111abb006f444343c05c1dc31069..db8a1d4b4d8c27277a21623a050f03b1b1946024 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ static int event__synthesize_mmap_events(pid_t pid, pid_t tgid,
 			continue;
 		pbf += n + 3;
 		if (*pbf == 'x') { /* vm_exec */
-			u64 vm_pgoff;
 			char *execname = strchr(bf, '/');
 
 			/* Catch VDSO */
@@ -162,12 +161,7 @@ static int event__synthesize_mmap_events(pid_t pid, pid_t tgid,
 				continue;
 
 			pbf += 3;
-			n = hex2u64(pbf, &vm_pgoff);
-			/* pgoff is in bytes, not pages */
-			if (n >= 0)
-				ev.mmap.pgoff = vm_pgoff << getpagesize();
-			else
-				ev.mmap.pgoff = 0;
+			n = hex2u64(pbf, &ev.mmap.pgoff);
 
 			size = strlen(execname);
 			execname[size - 1] = '\0'; /* Remove \n */