diff --git a/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c b/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
index 27acdc5e5723..a068f42833c3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ static int __event__synthesize_thread(union perf_event *comm_event,
 	snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/proc/%d/task",
 		 machine->root_dir, pid);
 
-	n = scandir(filename, &dirent, filter_task, alphasort);
+	n = scandir(filename, &dirent, filter_task, NULL);
 	if (n < 0)
 		return n;
 
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_threads(struct perf_tool *tool,
 		return 0;
 
 	snprintf(proc_path, sizeof(proc_path), "%s/proc", machine->root_dir);
-	n = scandir(proc_path, &dirent, filter_task, alphasort);
+	n = scandir(proc_path, &dirent, filter_task, NULL);
 	if (n < 0)
 		return err;