diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index fa2f3d79886aa9d623ac8e6bd9568b9db89a8713..6cd4de59be21e4c057c210e39d440d890db60ebf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -1305,7 +1305,6 @@ kvm_events_record(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm, int argc, const char **argv)
 	const char * const record_args[] = {
 		"record",
 		"-R",
-		"-f",
 		"-m", "1024",
 		"-c", "1",
 	};