1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 935d52216c89..fbc2888d6495 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -888,11 +888,18 @@ static s64 perf_kvm__mmap_read_idx(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm, int idx,
         while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(kvm->evlist, idx)) != NULL) {
                 err = perf_evlist__parse_sample(kvm->evlist, event, &sample);
                 if (err) {
+                        perf_evlist__mmap_consume(kvm->evlist, idx);
                         pr_err("Failed to parse sample\n");
                         return -1;
                 }
 
                 err = perf_session_queue_event(kvm->session, event, &sample, 0);
+                /*
+                 * FIXME: Here we can't consume the event, as perf_session_queue_event will
+                 *        point to it, and it'll get possibly overwritten by the kernel.
+                 */
+                perf_evlist__mmap_consume(kvm->evlist, idx);
+
                 if (err) {
                         pr_err("Failed to enqueue sample: %d\n", err);
                         return -1;