struct record_opts *opts = &rec->opts;
        char msg[512];
 
-       if (perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, opts->mmap_pages, false,
+       if (perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, opts->mmap_pages,
                                 opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages,
                                 opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode) < 0) {
                if (errno == EPERM) {
 
  * Return: %0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
  */
 int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
-                        bool overwrite, unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
+                        unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
                         bool auxtrace_overwrite)
 {
        struct perf_evsel *evsel;
        const struct cpu_map *cpus = evlist->cpus;
        const struct thread_map *threads = evlist->threads;
        struct mmap_params mp = {
-               .prot = PROT_READ | (overwrite ? 0 : PROT_WRITE),
+               .prot = PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
        };
 
        if (!evlist->mmap)
        if (evlist->pollfd.entries == NULL && perf_evlist__alloc_pollfd(evlist) < 0)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       evlist->overwrite = overwrite;
+       evlist->overwrite = false;
        evlist->mmap_len = perf_evlist__mmap_size(pages);
        pr_debug("mmap size %zuB\n", evlist->mmap_len);
        mp.mask = evlist->mmap_len - page_size - 1;
 
 int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages)
 {
-       return perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, pages, false, 0, false);
+       return perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, pages, 0, false);
 }
 
 int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct target *target)
 
 unsigned long perf_event_mlock_kb_in_pages(void);
 
 int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
-                        bool overwrite, unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
+                        unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
                         bool auxtrace_overwrite);
 int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages);
 void perf_evlist__munmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist);