1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 76e949a59ea4..16a16021eaa6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -971,11 +971,16 @@ perf_header__find_attr(u64 id, struct perf_header *header)
 
         /*
          * We set id to -1 if the data file doesn't contain sample
-         * ids. Check for this and avoid walking through the entire
-         * list of ids which may be large.
+         * ids. This can happen when the data file contains one type
+         * of event and in that case, the header can still store the
+         * event attribute information. Check for this and avoid
+         * walking through the entire list of ids which may be large.
          */
-        if (id == -1ULL)
+        if (id == -1ULL) {
+                if (header->attrs > 0)
+                        return &header->attr[0]->attr;
                 return NULL;
+        }
 
         for (i = 0; i < header->attrs; i++) {
                 struct perf_header_attr *attr = header->attr[i];