diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/func_latency.bpf.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/func_latency.bpf.c
index ad7054744678..e731a79a753a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/func_latency.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/func_latency.bpf.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ int BPF_PROG(func_end)
 		if (!hist)
 			return 0;
 
-		*hist += 1;
+		__sync_fetch_and_add(hist, 1);
 
 		__sync_fetch_and_add(&total, delta); // always in nsec
 		__sync_fetch_and_add(&count, 1);