diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index fff66741f18d5db2ef85579eef21a5f3ff9ec46b..61746b5866d81d6b494be4dbca2916af1fc38b31 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1007,6 +1007,13 @@ int __perf_session__process_events(struct perf_session *session,
 	file_pos = file_offset + head;
 
 more:
+	/*
+	 * Ensure we have enough space remaining to read
+	 * the size of the event in the headers.
+	 */
+	if (head + sizeof(event->header) > mmap_size)
+		goto remap;
+
 	event = (union perf_event *)(buf + head);
 
 	if (session->header.needs_swap)