diff --git a/benchmarks/malloc_sql_benchmark.cpp b/benchmarks/malloc_sql_benchmark.cpp
index 383325c..d5b17f6 100644
--- a/benchmarks/malloc_sql_benchmark.cpp
+++ b/benchmarks/malloc_sql_benchmark.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
+#include "ScopedDecayTimeRestorer.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 #if defined(__BIONIC__)
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@
 #include "malloc_sql.h"
 
 static void BM_malloc_sql_trace_default(benchmark::State& state) {
+  ScopedDecayTimeRestorer restorer;
+
   // The default is expected to be a zero decay time.
   mallopt(M_DECAY_TIME, 0);
 
@@ -115,14 +118,14 @@
 BIONIC_BENCHMARK(BM_malloc_sql_trace_default);
 
 static void BM_malloc_sql_trace_decay1(benchmark::State& state) {
+  ScopedDecayTimeRestorer restorer;
+
   mallopt(M_DECAY_TIME, 1);
 
   for (auto _ : state) {
     BenchmarkMalloc(g_sql_entries, sizeof(g_sql_entries) / sizeof(MallocEntry),
                     kMaxSqlAllocSlots);
   }
-
-  mallopt(M_DECAY_TIME, 0);
 }
 BIONIC_BENCHMARK(BM_malloc_sql_trace_decay1);