diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
index bfbb6b5f609cd0427bf3f7531143771e2c4f4248..da04b8c5568a39cf509b9aa5df844641866bcfd1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
@@ -130,8 +130,6 @@ int bench_futex_hash(int argc, const char **argv,
 	}
 
 	ncpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
-	nsecs = futexbench_sanitize_numeric(nsecs);
-	nfutexes = futexbench_sanitize_numeric(nfutexes);
 
 	sigfillset(&act.sa_mask);
 	act.sa_sigaction = toggle_done;
@@ -139,8 +137,6 @@ int bench_futex_hash(int argc, const char **argv,
 
 	if (!nthreads) /* default to the number of CPUs */
 		nthreads = ncpus;
-	else
-		nthreads = futexbench_sanitize_numeric(nthreads);
 
 	worker = calloc(nthreads, sizeof(*worker));
 	if (!worker)
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c
index 6d9d6c40a9164442ce2d0c8a9cdd8831cd4a6297..91877777ec6e3a4052e49eca9cba4793fa551f73 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ int bench_futex_lock_pi(int argc, const char **argv,
 		goto err;
 
 	ncpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
-	nsecs = futexbench_sanitize_numeric(nsecs);
 
 	sigfillset(&act.sa_mask);
 	act.sa_sigaction = toggle_done;
@@ -160,8 +159,6 @@ int bench_futex_lock_pi(int argc, const char **argv,
 
 	if (!nthreads)
 		nthreads = ncpus;
-	else
-		nthreads = futexbench_sanitize_numeric(nthreads);
 
 	worker = calloc(nthreads, sizeof(*worker));
 	if (!worker)
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-requeue.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-requeue.c
index fd4ee95b689a11c4646c33fdd07a1c202cc50958..2b9705a8734cd6005fd3149943e2ff20eecf4bbe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-requeue.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-requeue.c
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ int bench_futex_requeue(int argc, const char **argv,
 
 	if (!nthreads)
 		nthreads = ncpus;
-	else
-		nthreads = futexbench_sanitize_numeric(nthreads);
 
 	worker = calloc(nthreads, sizeof(*worker));
 	if (!worker)
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake-parallel.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake-parallel.c
index beaa6c142477b5d500c9c83d12dadc242420e497..2c8fa67ad53767e43c7e91dc84279528268fcb3a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake-parallel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake-parallel.c
@@ -217,12 +217,8 @@ int bench_futex_wake_parallel(int argc, const char **argv,
 	sigaction(SIGINT, &act, NULL);
 
 	ncpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
-	nwaking_threads = futexbench_sanitize_numeric(nwaking_threads);
-
 	if (!nblocked_threads)
 		nblocked_threads = ncpus;
-	else
-		nblocked_threads = futexbench_sanitize_numeric(nblocked_threads);
 
 	/* some sanity checks */
 	if (nwaking_threads > nblocked_threads || !nwaking_threads)
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
index 46efcb98b5a4be7041678712ed29d8c69ca3ab3c..e246b1b8388a3fd3bfc7c9c398a90efc26d86c79 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ int bench_futex_wake(int argc, const char **argv,
 	}
 
 	ncpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
-	nwakes = futexbench_sanitize_numeric(nwakes);
 
 	sigfillset(&act.sa_mask);
 	act.sa_sigaction = toggle_done;
@@ -137,8 +136,6 @@ int bench_futex_wake(int argc, const char **argv,
 
 	if (!nthreads)
 		nthreads = ncpus;
-	else
-		nthreads = futexbench_sanitize_numeric(nthreads);
 
 	worker = calloc(nthreads, sizeof(*worker));
 	if (!worker)
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex.h b/tools/perf/bench/futex.h
index ba7c735c0c62db090a2c1fddd9aec54876496cfe..b2e06d1190d0766694c97f7f0b808717442af604 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex.h
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef _FUTEX_H
 #define _FUTEX_H
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -100,7 +99,4 @@ static inline int pthread_attr_setaffinity_np(pthread_attr_t *attr,
 }
 #endif
 
-/* User input sanitation */
-#define futexbench_sanitize_numeric(__n) abs((__n))
-
 #endif /* _FUTEX_H */