diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index e9f345e2551a..9f2a242fa79c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_error_open;
 
-	err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, UINT_MAX, false);
+	err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, trace->opts.mmap_pages, false);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		fprintf(trace->output, "Couldn't mmap the events: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		goto out_close_evlist;