1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index a2157f0ef1df..9ebc8b1f9be5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -103,15 +103,14 @@ struct comm *thread__exec_comm(const struct thread *thread)
         return last;
 }
 
-/* CHECKME: time should always be 0 if event aren't ordered */
 int __thread__set_comm(struct thread *thread, const char *str, u64 timestamp,
                        bool exec)
 {
         struct comm *new, *curr = thread__comm(thread);
         int err;
 
-        /* Override latest entry if it had no specific time coverage */
-        if (!curr->start && !curr->exec) {
+        /* Override the default :tid entry */
+        if (!thread->comm_set) {
                 err = comm__override(curr, str, timestamp, exec);
                 if (err)
                         return err;