1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index afb0849fe530..cb2959a3fb43 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -877,9 +877,12 @@ int perf_session__read_header(struct perf_session *session, int fd)
                 struct perf_evsel *evsel;
                 off_t tmp;
 
-                if (perf_header__getbuffer64(header, fd, &f_attr, sizeof(f_attr)))
+                if (readn(fd, &f_attr, sizeof(f_attr)) <= 0)
                         goto out_errno;
 
+                if (header->needs_swap)
+                        perf_event__attr_swap(&f_attr.attr);
+
                 tmp = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
                 evsel = perf_evsel__new(&f_attr.attr, i);