1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
index 194e2f42ff5d..6c152686e837 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
@@ -315,8 +315,7 @@ static inline void advance_hpp(struct perf_hpp *hpp, int inc)
 }
 
 static int hist_entry__period_snprintf(struct perf_hpp *hpp,
-                                       struct hist_entry *he,
-                                       bool color)
+                                       struct hist_entry *he)
 {
         const char *sep = symbol_conf.field_sep;
         struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt;
@@ -338,7 +337,7 @@ static int hist_entry__period_snprintf(struct perf_hpp *hpp,
                 } else
                         first = false;
 
-                if (color && fmt->color)
+                if (perf_hpp__use_color() && fmt->color)
                         ret = fmt->color(fmt, hpp, he);
                 else
                         ret = fmt->entry(fmt, hpp, he);
@@ -358,12 +357,11 @@ static int hist_entry__fprintf(struct hist_entry *he, size_t size,
                 .buf            = bf,
                 .size           = size,
         };
-        bool color = !symbol_conf.field_sep;
 
         if (size == 0 || size > bfsz)
                 size = hpp.size = bfsz;
 
-        ret = hist_entry__period_snprintf(&hpp, he, color);
+        ret = hist_entry__period_snprintf(&hpp, he);
         hist_entry__sort_snprintf(he, bf + ret, size - ret, hists);
 
         ret = fprintf(fp, "%s\n", bf);
@@ -482,6 +480,7 @@ size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *hists, bool show_header, int max_rows,
 
 print_entries:
         linesz = hists__sort_list_width(hists) + 3 + 1;
+        linesz += perf_hpp__color_overhead();
         line = malloc(linesz);
         if (line == NULL) {
                 ret = -1;