1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index b0ba2ac37e2c..e94f34631585 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ static int process_sample_event(event_t *event, struct perf_session *session)
 static struct perf_event_ops event_ops = {
         .process_sample_event   = process_sample_event,
         .process_comm_event     = event__process_comm,
-        .sample_type_check      = perf_session__has_traces,
 };
 
 static int __cmd_trace(struct perf_session *session)
@@ -580,6 +579,9 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
         if (session == NULL)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
+        if (!perf_session__has_traces(session, "record -R"))
+                return -EINVAL;
+
         if (generate_script_lang) {
                 struct stat perf_stat;