1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 752bebeac3aa..d934f707ee74 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -929,15 +929,8 @@ static int __cmd_top(struct perf_top *top)
         struct perf_record_opts *opts = &top->record_opts;
         pthread_t thread;
         int ret;
-        struct perf_data_file file = {
-                .mode = PERF_DATA_MODE_WRITE,
-        };
 
-        /*
-         * FIXME: perf_session__new should allow passing a O_MMAP, so that all this
-         * mmap reading, etc is encapsulated in it. Use O_WRONLY for now.
-         */
-        top->session = perf_session__new(&file, false, NULL);
+        top->session = perf_session__new(NULL, false, NULL);
         if (top->session == NULL)
                 return -ENOMEM;