1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 9c98b7a2b19a..a589a43112d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -1137,11 +1137,11 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 
 int cmd_timechart(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 {
-        symbol__init();
-
         argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, timechart_usage,
                         PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
 
+        symbol__init();
+
         if (argc && !strncmp(argv[0], "rec", 3))
                 return __cmd_record(argc, argv);
         else if (argc)