diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 9c76add6a03a444d2a63174ea97d3e4b69246c14..e5cb08427e13f56ed7f9223d520a954ef0fc1cf2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ static struct perf_record record = {
 		.mmap_pages	     = UINT_MAX,
 		.user_freq	     = UINT_MAX,
 		.user_interval	     = ULLONG_MAX,
-		.freq		     = 1000,
+		.freq		     = 4000,
 		.target		     = {
 			.uses_mmap   = true,
 		},
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 18bd226f9f2b0cd226a45fd3e75c6465764c605a..6031dce0429f8f93e267d530e9a91fec3ddaf74b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 	struct perf_top top = {
 		.count_filter	     = 5,
 		.delay_secs	     = 2,
-		.freq		     = 1000, /* 1 KHz */
+		.freq		     = 4000, /* 4 KHz */
 		.mmap_pages	     = 128,
 		.sym_pcnt_filter     = 5,
 		.target		     = {