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diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index a44ac93..b1c1df9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2625,7 +2625,8 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
if (trace.summary_only)
trace.summary = trace.summary_only;
- if (!trace.trace_syscalls && !trace.trace_pgfaults) {
+ if (!trace.trace_syscalls && !trace.trace_pgfaults &&
+ trace.evlist->nr_entries == 0 /* Was --events used? */) {
pr_err("Please specify something to trace.\n");
return -1;
}