diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
index f7dd8216de72e46dc4b8d46807f43759bd6e29eb..923fb8316fdae832941630da7d50e96395f0f7ee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, struct perf_mem *mem)
 	else
 		rec_argc = argc + 9 * perf_pmu__hybrid_pmu_num();
 
+	if (mem->cpu_list)
+		rec_argc += 2;
+
 	rec_argv = calloc(rec_argc + 1, sizeof(char *));
 	if (!rec_argv)
 		return -1;
@@ -159,6 +162,11 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, struct perf_mem *mem)
 	if (all_kernel)
 		rec_argv[i++] = "--all-kernel";
 
+	if (mem->cpu_list) {
+		rec_argv[i++] = "-C";
+		rec_argv[i++] = mem->cpu_list;
+	}
+
 	for (j = 0; j < argc; j++, i++)
 		rec_argv[i] = argv[j];