diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
index bacdf366040d..a4420d4df503 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static int arm_spe_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 		return 0;
 
 	/* We are in full trace mode but '-m,xyz' wasn't specified */
-	if (opts->full_auxtrace && !opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages) {
+	if (!opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages) {
 		if (privileged) {
 			opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages = MiB(4) / page_size;
 		} else {