1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 7e23dae54f1d..cfbe2b99b9aa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -816,7 +816,15 @@ static int perf_evlist__mmap_per_evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx,
                         perf_evlist__mmap_get(evlist, idx);
                 }
 
-                if (__perf_evlist__add_pollfd(evlist, fd, idx) < 0) {
+                /*
+                 * The system_wide flag causes a selected event to be opened
+                 * always without a pid.  Consequently it will never get a
+                 * POLLHUP, but it is used for tracking in combination with
+                 * other events, so it should not need to be polled anyway.
+                 * Therefore don't add it for polling.
+                 */
+                if (!evsel->system_wide &&
+                    __perf_evlist__add_pollfd(evlist, fd, idx) < 0) {
                         perf_evlist__mmap_put(evlist, idx);
                         return -1;
                 }