1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 45c51eb6cab4..c859e59dfe3e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -371,14 +371,16 @@ static int perf_session__check_output_opt(struct perf_session *session)
 
         if (!no_callchain) {
                 bool use_callchain = false;
+                bool not_pipe = false;
 
                 evlist__for_each_entry(session->evlist, evsel) {
+                        not_pipe = true;
                         if (evsel->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN) {
                                 use_callchain = true;
                                 break;
                         }
                 }
-                if (!use_callchain)
+                if (not_pipe && !use_callchain)
                         symbol_conf.use_callchain = false;
         }