1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index b09d3b27ca14..3b8b6387c47c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@ static int process_buildids(void)
 {
         u64 size = lseek(output, 0, SEEK_CUR);
 
+        if (size == 0)
+                return 0;
+
         session->fd = output;
         return __perf_session__process_events(session, post_processing_offset,
                                               size - post_processing_offset,