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diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index bf4ca749d1ac..a217623fec2e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -881,6 +881,15 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
}
}
+ /*
+ * If we have just single event and are sending data
+ * through pipe, we need to force the ids allocation,
+ * because we synthesize event name through the pipe
+ * and need the id for that.
+ */
+ if (data->is_pipe && rec->evlist->nr_entries == 1)
+ rec->opts.sample_id = true;
+
if (record__open(rec) != 0) {
err = -1;
goto out_child;