1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 39c7247bc54a..5efc3fc68a36 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
         if (perf_guest)
                 perf_session__process_machines(session, event__synthesize_guest_os);
 
-        if (!system_wide && cpu_list)
+        if (!system_wide)
                 event__synthesize_thread(target_tid, process_synthesized_event,
                                          session);
         else