diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
index e8181ad7d088d1211f45e9d310ccff7cce34e1a1..e62006342b18c139202e24c33f463b3c4b81e0a2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ 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[] = {
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ 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)