diff --git a/tools/perf/examples/bpf/augmented_raw_syscalls.c b/tools/perf/examples/bpf/augmented_raw_syscalls.c
index 90a19336310b..2feb00018f79 100644
--- a/tools/perf/examples/bpf/augmented_raw_syscalls.c
+++ b/tools/perf/examples/bpf/augmented_raw_syscalls.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <linux/socket.h>
 
 /* bpf-output associated map */
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ int sys_enter(struct syscall_enter_args *args)
 	unsigned int len = sizeof(augmented_args);
 	const void *filename_arg = NULL;
 
+	if (getpid() == 2971)
+		return 0;
+
 	probe_read(&augmented_args.args, sizeof(augmented_args.args), args);
 	/*
 	 * Yonghong and Edward Cree sayz:
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ int sys_enter(struct syscall_enter_args *args)
 SEC("raw_syscalls:sys_exit")
 int sys_exit(struct syscall_exit_args *args)
 {
-	return 1; /* 0 as soon as we start copying data returned by the kernel, e.g. 'read' */
+	return getpid() != 2971;
 }
 
 license(GPL);