2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index ffb627d40210..ba6777a147ca 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ struct perf_record_opts record_opts = {
 static unsigned int             page_size;
 static int                      output;
 static const char               *output_name                    = NULL;
-static bool                     group                           =  false;
 static int                      realtime_prio                   =      0;
 static enum write_mode_t        write_mode                      = WRITE_FORCE;
 static bool                     no_buildid                      =  false;
@@ -202,13 +201,13 @@ static void open_counters(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
                  */
                 bool time_needed = attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_TIME;
 
-                if (group && pos != first)
+                if (record_opts.group && pos != first)
                         group_fd = first->fd;
 retry_sample_id:
                 attr->sample_id_all = record_opts.sample_id_all_avail ? 1 : 0;
 try_again:
-                if (perf_evsel__open(pos, evlist->cpus, evlist->threads, group,
-                                     group_fd) < 0) {
+                if (perf_evsel__open(pos, evlist->cpus, evlist->threads,
+                                     record_opts.group, group_fd) < 0) {
                         int err = errno;
 
                         if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES) {
@@ -649,7 +648,7 @@ const struct option record_options[] = {
         OPT_UINTEGER('F', "freq", &record_opts.user_freq, "profile at this frequency"),
         OPT_UINTEGER('m', "mmap-pages", &record_opts.mmap_pages,
                      "number of mmap data pages"),
-        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "group", &group,
+        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "group", &record_opts.group,
                     "put the counters into a counter group"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "call-graph", &record_opts.call_graph,
                     "do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording"),
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index 13c42f34e8b3..ea804f5a8cc2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ struct perf_record_opts {
         pid_t        target_pid;
         pid_t        target_tid;
         bool         call_graph;
+        bool         group;
         bool         inherit_stat;
         bool         no_delay;
         bool         no_inherit;