1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index fc1273e976c5..7e3d6e310bf8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -845,9 +845,10 @@ static void start_counters(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
                 }
 
                 attr->mmap = 1;
+                attr->inherit = inherit;
 try_again:
                 if (perf_evsel__open(counter, top.evlist->cpus,
-                                     top.evlist->threads, group, inherit) < 0) {
+                                     top.evlist->threads, group) < 0) {
                         int err = errno;
 
                         if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES) {