diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
index d4c83c60b9b2..20697fbf2c98 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
@@ -1593,6 +1593,10 @@ static void init_params(struct params *p, const char *name, int argc, const char
 	p->data_rand_walk		= true;
 	p->nr_loops			= -1;
 	p->init_random			= true;
+	p->mb_global_str		= "1";
+	p->nr_proc			= 1;
+	p->nr_threads			= 1;
+	p->nr_secs			= 5;
 }
 
 static int run_bench_numa(const char *name, const char **argv)