diff --git a/tools/perf/examples/bpf/etcsnoop.c b/tools/perf/examples/bpf/etcsnoop.c
index 550e69c2e8d1..e81b535346c0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/examples/bpf/etcsnoop.c
+++ b/tools/perf/examples/bpf/etcsnoop.c
@@ -21,12 +21,8 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-struct bpf_map SEC("maps") __augmented_syscalls__ = {
-       .type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY,
-       .key_size = sizeof(int),
-       .value_size = sizeof(u32),
-       .max_entries = __NR_CPUS__,
-};
+/* bpf-output associated map */
+bpf_map(__augmented_syscalls__, PERF_EVENT_ARRAY, int, u32, __NR_CPUS__);
 
 struct augmented_filename {
 	int	size;