diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 9f3b58071863..68beef8f47ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1148,9 +1148,6 @@ void perf_evsel__config(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct record_opts *opts,
 
 static int perf_evsel__alloc_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads)
 {
-	if (evsel->system_wide)
-		nthreads = 1;
-
 	evsel->fd = xyarray__new(ncpus, nthreads, sizeof(int));
 
 	if (evsel->fd) {