1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 4fef1e415129..34764b6eabf9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1137,8 +1137,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
         if (argc)
                 usage_with_options(top_usage, options);
 
-        if (sort_order == default_sort_order)
-                sort_order = "dso,symbol";
+        sort__mode = SORT_MODE__TOP;
 
         if (setup_sorting() < 0) {
                 parse_options_usage(top_usage, options, "s", 1);