1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 3b67ea2444bd..2a85cc9a2d09 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -1000,8 +1000,7 @@ static int data_init(int argc, const char **argv)
                         data__files_cnt = argc;
                         use_default = false;
                 }
-        } else if (symbol_conf.default_guest_vmlinux_name ||
-                   symbol_conf.default_guest_kallsyms) {
+        } else if (perf_guest) {
                 defaults[0] = "perf.data.host";
                 defaults[1] = "perf.data.guest";
         }