1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 774c90713a53..f1a939ebc19c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -573,13 +573,15 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct perf_record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
                                          perf_event__synthesize_guest_os, tool);
         }
 
-        if (!opts->target.system_wide)
+        if (perf_target__has_task(&opts->target))
                 err = perf_event__synthesize_thread_map(tool, evsel_list->threads,
                                                   process_synthesized_event,
                                                   machine);
-        else
+        else if (perf_target__has_cpu(&opts->target))
                 err = perf_event__synthesize_threads(tool, process_synthesized_event,
                                                machine);
+        else /* command specified */
+                err = 0;
 
         if (err != 0)
                 goto out_delete_session;