diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 87e28a4..a1b0403 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@
 	return record__write(rec, event, event->header.size);
 }
 
-static int record__mmap_read(struct record *rec, struct perf_mmap *md)
+static int record__mmap_read(struct record *rec, int idx)
 {
+	struct perf_mmap *md = &rec->evlist->mmap[idx];
 	unsigned int head = perf_mmap__read_head(md);
 	unsigned int old = md->prev;
 	unsigned char *data = md->base + page_size;
@@ -102,8 +103,7 @@
 	}
 
 	md->prev = old;
-	perf_mmap__write_tail(md, old);
-
+	perf_evlist__mmap_consume(rec->evlist, idx);
 out:
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
 
 	for (i = 0; i < rec->evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
 		if (rec->evlist->mmap[i].base) {
-			if (record__mmap_read(rec, &rec->evlist->mmap[i]) != 0) {
+			if (record__mmap_read(rec, i) != 0) {
 				rc = -1;
 				goto out;
 			}