1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index d05658d2b8f1..414444d0e919 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ int cmd_ftrace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
         int ret;
         struct perf_ftrace ftrace = {
-                .tracer = "function_graph",
+                .tracer = DEFAULT_TRACER,
                 .target = { .uid = UINT_MAX, },
         };
         const char * const ftrace_usage[] = {
@@ -231,9 +231,6 @@ int cmd_ftrace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
         if (ret < 0)
                 goto out_delete_evlist;
 
-        if (ftrace.tracer == NULL)
-                ftrace.tracer = DEFAULT_TRACER;
-
         ret = __cmd_ftrace(&ftrace, argc, argv);
 
 out_delete_evlist: