1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 90c98082af10..0345aad8eba5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -525,10 +525,14 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
         signal(SIGCHLD, sig_handler);
         signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
 
-        if (!stat(output_name, &st) && !force && !append_file) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Error, output file %s exists, use -A to append or -f to overwrite.\n",
-                                output_name);
-                exit(-1);
+        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",
+                                        output_name);
+                        exit(-1);
+                }
+        } else {
+                append_file = 0;
         }
 
         flags = O_CREAT|O_RDWR;