1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 3ce2f03f217a..acbe59444385 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -520,9 +520,6 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
         signal(SIGCHLD, sig_handler);
         signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
 
-        if (raw_samples)
-                read_tracing_data();
-
         if (!stat(output_name, &st) && st.st_size) {
                 if (!force && !append_file) {
                         fprintf(stderr, "Error, output file %s exists, use -A to append or -f to overwrite.\n",
@@ -550,6 +547,17 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
         else
                 header = perf_header__new();
 
+
+        if (raw_samples) {
+                read_tracing_data();
+        } else {
+                for (i = 0; i < nr_counters; i++) {
+                        if (attrs[i].sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW) {
+                                read_tracing_data();
+                                break;
+                        }
+                }
+        }
         atexit(atexit_header);
 
         if (!system_wide) {