diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
index df810096abfef9f9173818f8eaa052f3769d9a35..58906e9499bb0c5935644f1f52f93bfd35694bb0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static bool done = false, silent = false, fshared = false;
 static pthread_mutex_t thread_lock;
 static pthread_cond_t thread_parent, thread_worker;
 static struct stats waketime_stats, wakeup_stats;
-static unsigned int ncpus, threads_starting, nthreads = 0;
+static unsigned int threads_starting, nthreads = 0;
 static int futex_flag = 0;
 
 static const struct option options[] = {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ int bench_futex_wake(int argc, const char **argv)
 	sigaction(SIGINT, &act, NULL);
 
 	if (!nthreads)
-		nthreads = ncpus;
+		nthreads = cpu->nr;
 
 	worker = calloc(nthreads, sizeof(*worker));
 	if (!worker)