1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 3a6d20443330..74ea3c2f8138 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -174,6 +174,15 @@ perf_header__set_cmdline(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
         int i;
 
+        /*
+         * If header_argv has already been set, do not override it.
+         * This allows a command to set the cmdline, parse args and
+         * then call another builtin function that implements a
+         * command -- e.g, cmd_kvm calling cmd_record.
+         */
+        if (header_argv)
+                return 0;
+
         header_argc = (u32)argc;
 
         /* do not include NULL termination */