1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 8e50d8d77419..72eae7498c09 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -401,8 +401,6 @@ static int perf_report__setup_sample_type(struct perf_report *rep)
         return 0;
 }
 
-extern volatile int session_done;
-
 static void sig_handler(int sig __maybe_unused)
 {
         session_done = 1;
@@ -568,6 +566,9 @@ static int __cmd_report(struct perf_report *rep)
                 }
         }
 
+        if (session_done())
+                return 0;
+
         if (nr_samples == 0) {
                 ui__error("The %s file has no samples!\n", session->filename);
                 return 0;