diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 4c596ba310cb..0fd8bfb77f65 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -679,6 +679,10 @@ static struct syscall_fmt {
 	{ .name	    = "mlockall",   .errmsg = true,
 	  .arg_scnprintf = { [0] = SCA_HEX, /* addr */ }, },
 	{ .name	    = "mmap",	    .hexret = true,
+/* The standard mmap maps to old_mmap on s390x */
+#if defined(__s390x__)
+	.alias = "old_mmap",
+#endif
 	  .arg_scnprintf = { [0] = SCA_HEX,	  /* addr */
 			     [2] = SCA_MMAP_PROT, /* prot */
 			     [3] = SCA_MMAP_FLAGS, /* flags */ }, },