1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 53c9892e96dd..5783c3225116 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -363,7 +363,8 @@ try_again:
                                "or try again with a smaller value of -m/--mmap_pages.\n"
                                "(current value: %d)\n", opts->mmap_pages);
                         rc = -errno;
-                } else if (!is_power_of_2(opts->mmap_pages)) {
+                } else if (!is_power_of_2(opts->mmap_pages) &&
+                           (opts->mmap_pages != UINT_MAX)) {
                         pr_err("--mmap_pages/-m value must be a power of two.");
                         rc = -EINVAL;
                 } else {