1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/rdpmc.c b/tools/perf/tests/rdpmc.c
index e59143fd9e71..c04d1f268576 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/rdpmc.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/rdpmc.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "tests.h"
+#include "cloexec.h"
 
 #if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__)
 
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ static int __test__rdpmc(void)
         sa.sa_sigaction = segfault_handler;
         sigaction(SIGSEGV, &sa, NULL);
 
-        fd = sys_perf_event_open(&attr, 0, -1, -1, 0);
+        fd = sys_perf_event_open(&attr, 0, -1, -1,
+                                 perf_event_open_cloexec_flag());
         if (fd < 0) {
                 pr_err("Error: sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned "
                        "with %d (%s)\n", fd, strerror(errno));