diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index c4bfe11479a0e0d7559ff941c63e96557400bce4..1a370db02a8cd002281d5122cedd4d6d85575ec0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -881,6 +881,7 @@ static void __perf_evlist__munmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx)
 	if (evlist->mmap[idx].base != NULL) {
 		munmap(evlist->mmap[idx].base, evlist->mmap_len);
 		evlist->mmap[idx].base = NULL;
+		evlist->mmap[idx].fd = -1;
 		atomic_set(&evlist->mmap[idx].refcnt, 0);
 	}
 	auxtrace_mmap__munmap(&evlist->mmap[idx].auxtrace_mmap);
@@ -901,10 +902,14 @@ void perf_evlist__munmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 
 static int perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
+	int i;
+
 	evlist->nr_mmaps = cpu_map__nr(evlist->cpus);
 	if (cpu_map__empty(evlist->cpus))
 		evlist->nr_mmaps = thread_map__nr(evlist->threads);
 	evlist->mmap = zalloc(evlist->nr_mmaps * sizeof(struct perf_mmap));
+	for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++)
+		evlist->mmap[i].fd = -1;
 	return evlist->mmap != NULL ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 
@@ -941,6 +946,7 @@ static int __perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx,
 		evlist->mmap[idx].base = NULL;
 		return -1;
 	}
+	evlist->mmap[idx].fd = fd;
 
 	if (auxtrace_mmap__mmap(&evlist->mmap[idx].auxtrace_mmap,
 				&mp->auxtrace_mp, evlist->mmap[idx].base, fd))
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 85d1b59802e86feafe943f4d823a694776baef15..0d165b1d8f7758a554a5b667d6a741bab2314632 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct record_opts;
 struct perf_mmap {
 	void		 *base;
 	int		 mask;
+	int		 fd;
 	atomic_t	 refcnt;
 	u64		 prev;
 	struct auxtrace_mmap auxtrace_mmap;