1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
index 4228b4c6b72d..882461a42830 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
@@ -319,11 +319,12 @@ static int hist_entry__fprintf(struct hist_entry *he, size_t size,
                 .displacement   = displacement,
                 .ptr            = pair_hists,
         };
+        bool color = !symbol_conf.field_sep;
 
         if (size == 0 || size > sizeof(bf))
                 size = hpp.size = sizeof(bf);
 
-        ret = hist_entry__period_snprintf(&hpp, he, true);
+        ret = hist_entry__period_snprintf(&hpp, he, color);
         hist_entry__sort_snprintf(he, bf + ret, size - ret, hists);
 
         ret = fprintf(fp, "%s\n", bf);