1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index bf4ca749d1ac..a217623fec2e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -881,6 +881,15 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
                 }
         }
 
+        /*
+         * If we have just single event and are sending data
+         * through pipe, we need to force the ids allocation,
+         * because we synthesize event name through the pipe
+         * and need the id for that.
+         */
+        if (data->is_pipe && rec->evlist->nr_entries == 1)
+                rec->opts.sample_id = true;
+
         if (record__open(rec) != 0) {
                 err = -1;
                 goto out_child;