1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index aaee0a782747..7b2df2b46525 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
         srandom(time(NULL));
 
         perf_config(perf_default_config, NULL);
+        set_buildid_dir(NULL);
 
         /* get debugfs/tracefs mount point from /proc/mounts */
         tracing_path_mount();
@@ -572,7 +573,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
         }
         if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "trace")) {
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBAUDIT_SUPPORT
-                set_buildid_dir(NULL);
                 setup_path();
                 argv[0] = "trace";
                 return cmd_trace(argc, argv, NULL);
@@ -587,7 +587,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
         argc--;
         handle_options(&argv, &argc, NULL);
         commit_pager_choice();
-        set_buildid_dir(NULL);
 
         if (argc > 0) {
                 if (!prefixcmp(argv[0], "--"))