1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index e124741be187..8842218e1856 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2241,10 +2241,11 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
         if (err < 0)
                 goto out_error_mmap;
 
+        if (!target__none(&trace->opts.target))
+                perf_evlist__enable(evlist);
+
         if (forks)
                 perf_evlist__start_workload(evlist);
-        else
-                perf_evlist__enable(evlist);
 
         trace->multiple_threads = evlist->threads->map[0] == -1 ||
                                   evlist->threads->nr > 1 ||