zfree(&evlist->overwrite_mmap);
 }
 
-static struct perf_mmap *perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+static struct perf_mmap *perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+                                                bool overwrite)
 {
        int i;
        struct perf_mmap *map;
 
        for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
                map[i].fd = -1;
+               map[i].overwrite = overwrite;
                /*
                 * When the perf_mmap() call is made we grab one refcount, plus
                 * one extra to let perf_mmap__consume() get the last
                        maps = evlist->overwrite_mmap;
 
                        if (!maps) {
-                               maps = perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(evlist);
+                               maps = perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(evlist, true);
                                if (!maps)
                                        return -1;
                                evlist->overwrite_mmap = maps;
        struct mmap_params mp;
 
        if (!evlist->mmap)
-               evlist->mmap = perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(evlist);
+               evlist->mmap = perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(evlist, false);
        if (!evlist->mmap)
                return -ENOMEM;