Variation of the uncentered maximal characteristic Function

Let $\mathcal M$ be the uncentered Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator or the dyadic maximal operator and $d\geq1$. We prove that for a set $E\subset\mathbb R^d$ of finite perimeter the bound $\operatorname{var}\mathcal M1_E\leq C_d\operatorname{var}1_E$ holds. We also discuss a localized version of the result.