1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 40b0ffc3ad3b..69b1c1185159 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -245,11 +245,12 @@ static int process_read_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
         return 0;
 }
 
+/* For pipe mode, sample_type is not currently set */
 static int perf_report__setup_sample_type(struct perf_report *rep)
 {
         struct perf_session *self = rep->session;
 
-        if (!(self->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN)) {
+        if (!self->fd_pipe && !(self->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN)) {
                 if (sort__has_parent) {
                         ui__error("Selected --sort parent, but no "
                                     "callchain data. Did you call "
@@ -272,7 +273,8 @@ static int perf_report__setup_sample_type(struct perf_report *rep)
         }
 
         if (sort__branch_mode == 1) {
-                if (!(self->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK)) {
+                if (!self->fd_pipe &&
+                    !(self->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK)) {
                         ui__error("Selected -b but no branch data. "
                                   "Did you call perf record without -b?\n");
                         return -1;