diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 8ca1b5409289c102b83c3aa93db1d5cd9064afb5..a8ad8591446628276881eeff0692286292991f6f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ static int map_switch_event(struct perf_sched *sched, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			cpu_color = COLOR_CPUS;
 
 		if (cpu != this_cpu)
-			color_fprintf(stdout, cpu_color, " ");
+			color_fprintf(stdout, color, " ");
 		else
 			color_fprintf(stdout, cpu_color, "*");