1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index b3536820f9a8..79367087bd18 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -3752,7 +3752,8 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
                 goto out_delete;
 
         uname(&uts);
-        if (!strcmp(uts.machine, session->header.env.arch) ||
+        if (data.is_pipe ||  /* assume pipe_mode indicates native_arch */
+            !strcmp(uts.machine, session->header.env.arch) ||
             (!strcmp(uts.machine, "x86_64") &&
              !strcmp(session->header.env.arch, "i386")))
                 native_arch = true;