1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index 6f74bd8d20e6..37a849906afe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@ static int read_events(void)
         if (session == NULL)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        register_idle_thread();
         err = perf_session__process_events(session, &event_ops, 0,
                                            &event__cwdlen, &event__cwd);
         perf_session__delete(session);