1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index f3f7f3100336..e983c8d71a79 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static int record__process_auxtrace(struct perf_tool *tool,
         size_t padding;
         u8 pad[8] = {0};
 
-        if (!perf_data__is_pipe(data)) {
+        if (!perf_data__is_pipe(data) && !perf_data__is_dir(data)) {
                 off_t file_offset;
                 int fd = perf_data__fd(data);
                 int err;