diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 4ba7b54..3c1b301 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@
 {
 	struct thread *thread = perf_session__findnew(self, 0);
 
-	if (thread == NULL || thread__set_comm(thread, "swapper")) {
+	if (thread == NULL || thread__set_comm(thread, "swapper", 0)) {
 		pr_err("problem inserting idle task.\n");
 		thread = NULL;
 	}