1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 8e29e0cc8626..b2838de13de0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1134,11 +1134,6 @@ static int __cmd_top(struct perf_top *top)
         if (!target__none(&opts->target))
                 perf_evlist__enable(top->evlist);
 
-        /* Wait for a minimal set of events before starting the snapshot */
-        perf_evlist__poll(top->evlist, 100);
-
-        perf_top__mmap_read(top);
-
         ret = -1;
         if (pthread_create(&thread, NULL, (use_browser > 0 ? display_thread_tui :
                                                             display_thread), top)) {
@@ -1156,6 +1151,11 @@ static int __cmd_top(struct perf_top *top)
                 }
         }
 
+        /* Wait for a minimal set of events before starting the snapshot */
+        perf_evlist__poll(top->evlist, 100);
+
+        perf_top__mmap_read(top);
+
         while (!done) {
                 u64 hits = top->samples;