1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 271e252dc651..5d43d0181d63 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -525,7 +525,14 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
         if (parent_pattern != default_parent_pattern) {
                 if (sort_dimension__add("parent") < 0)
                         return -1;
-                sort_parent.elide = 1;
+
+                /*
+                 * Only show the parent fields if we explicitly
+                 * sort that way. If we only use parent machinery
+                 * for filtering, we don't want it.
+                 */
+                if (!strstr(sort_order, "parent"))
+                        sort_parent.elide = 1;
         } else
                 symbol_conf.exclude_other = false;