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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index d7e67b167ea3..64a85bafde63 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -946,11 +946,16 @@ perf_header__find_attr(u64 id, struct perf_header *header)
/*
* We set id to -1 if the data file doesn't contain sample
- * ids. Check for this and avoid walking through the entire
- * list of ids which may be large.
+ * ids. This can happen when the data file contains one type
+ * of event and in that case, the header can still store the
+ * event attribute information. Check for this and avoid
+ * walking through the entire list of ids which may be large.
*/
- if (id == -1ULL)
+ if (id == -1ULL) {
+ if (header->attrs > 0)
+ return &header->attr[0]->attr;
return NULL;
+ }
for (i = 0; i < header->attrs; i++) {
struct perf_header_attr *attr = header->attr[i];