1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index a44ac9336219..b1c1df9bfb26 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2625,7 +2625,8 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
         if (trace.summary_only)
                 trace.summary = trace.summary_only;
 
-        if (!trace.trace_syscalls && !trace.trace_pgfaults) {
+        if (!trace.trace_syscalls && !trace.trace_pgfaults &&
+            trace.evlist->nr_entries == 0 /* Was --events used? */) {
                 pr_err("Please specify something to trace.\n");
                 return -1;
         }