diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c b/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
index 6b1bafe267a4..8ec5b9f344e0 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ mmap_per_evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops *ops,
 
 	perf_evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
 		bool overwrite = evsel->attr.write_backward;
+		enum fdarray_flags flgs;
 		struct perf_mmap *map;
 		int *output, fd, cpu;
 
@@ -504,8 +505,8 @@ mmap_per_evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops *ops,
 
 		revent = !overwrite ? POLLIN : 0;
 
-		if (!evsel->system_wide &&
-		    perf_evlist__add_pollfd(evlist, fd, map, revent, fdarray_flag__default) < 0) {
+		flgs = evsel->system_wide ? fdarray_flag__nonfilterable : fdarray_flag__default;
+		if (perf_evlist__add_pollfd(evlist, fd, map, revent, flgs) < 0) {
 			perf_mmap__put(map);
 			return -1;
 		}