1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 85e992d9215b..69523ed55894 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ try_again:
                                 process_interval();
                         }
                 }
-                wait(&status);
+                waitpid(child_pid, &status, 0);
 
                 if (workload_exec_errno) {
                         const char *emsg = str_error_r(workload_exec_errno, msg, sizeof(msg));