diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c b/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c
index 725a196991a88447cf0f80adf5b05bb47ad1f39e..c6937ed12e6bc6364c91bba77b85ff943719836e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int __test__sw_clock_freq(enum perf_sw_ids clock_id)
 		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}
 
-	err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, 128, true);
+	err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, 128, false);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		pr_debug("failed to mmap event: %d (%s)\n", errno,
 			 str_error_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));