1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 6da09928130f..0345aad8eba5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ static void create_counter(int counter, int cpu, pid_t pid)
         if (call_graph)
                 attr->sample_type       |= PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN;
 
+
         attr->mmap              = track;
         attr->comm              = track;
         attr->inherit           = (cpu < 0) && inherit;
@@ -524,10 +525,14 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
         signal(SIGCHLD, sig_handler);
         signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
 
-        if (!stat(output_name, &st) && !force && !append_file) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Error, output file %s exists, use -A to append or -f to overwrite.\n",
-                                output_name);
-                exit(-1);
+        if (!stat(output_name, &st) && st.st_size) {
+                if (!force && !append_file) {
+                        fprintf(stderr, "Error, output file %s exists, use -A to append or -f to overwrite.\n",
+                                        output_name);
+                        exit(-1);
+                }
+        } else {
+                append_file = 0;
         }
 
         flags = O_CREAT|O_RDWR;