1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index b42f337c17d9..825283794985 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -1034,17 +1034,19 @@ static struct perf_event_ops event_ops = {
         .process_fork_event     = process_fork_event,
         .process_exit_event     = process_exit_event,
         .process_sample_event   = queue_sample_event,
-        .sample_type_check      = perf_session__has_traces,
 };
 
 static int __cmd_timechart(void)
 {
         struct perf_session *session = perf_session__new(input_name, O_RDONLY, 0);
-        int ret;
+        int ret = -EINVAL;
 
         if (session == NULL)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
+        if (!perf_session__has_traces(session, "timechart record"))
+                goto out_delete;
+
         ret = perf_session__process_events(session, &event_ops);
         if (ret)
                 goto out_delete;