diff --git a/vm/ci/ci_common/common-bench.jsonnet b/vm/ci/ci_common/common-bench.jsonnet
index ebd6e0677bd1..ffb92302ce29 100644
--- a/vm/ci/ci_common/common-bench.jsonnet
+++ b/vm/ci/ci_common/common-bench.jsonnet
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ local repo_config = import '../../../ci/repo-configuration.libsonnet';
       ENABLE_POLYBENCH_HPC: 'yes',
       POLYBENCH_HPC_EXTRA_HEADERS: '/cm/shared/apps/papi/papi-5.5.1/include',
       POLYBENCH_HPC_PAPI_LIB_DIR: '/cm/shared/apps/papi/papi-5.5.1/lib',
+      LIBPFM_FORCE_PMU: 'amd64'
     },
   },