diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 50aa34879c33..04c8a60075b3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "debug.h"
 
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 
@@ -257,19 +256,15 @@ int perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	return evlist->mmap != NULL ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-static int __perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+static int __perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 			       int idx, int prot, int mask, int fd)
 {
 	evlist->mmap[idx].prev = 0;
 	evlist->mmap[idx].mask = mask;
 	evlist->mmap[idx].base = mmap(NULL, evlist->mmap_len, prot,
 				      MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
-	if (evlist->mmap[idx].base == MAP_FAILED) {
-		if (evlist->cpus->map[idx] == -1 && evsel->attr.inherit)
-			ui__warning("Inherit is not allowed on per-task "
-				    "events using mmap.\n");
+	if (evlist->mmap[idx].base == MAP_FAILED)
 		return -1;
-	}
 
 	perf_evlist__add_pollfd(evlist, fd);
 	return 0;
@@ -289,7 +284,7 @@ static int perf_evlist__mmap_per_cpu(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int prot, int m
 
 				if (output == -1) {
 					output = fd;
-					if (__perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, evsel, cpu,
+					if (__perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, cpu,
 								prot, mask, output) < 0)
 						goto out_unmap;
 				} else {
@@ -329,7 +324,7 @@ static int perf_evlist__mmap_per_thread(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int prot, in
 
 			if (output == -1) {
 				output = fd;
-				if (__perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, evsel, thread,
+				if (__perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, thread,
 							prot, mask, output) < 0)
 					goto out_unmap;
 			} else {