diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 207e860..4cce68f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@
 	int ret, i;
 	struct perf_session *session[2];
 
-	session[0] = perf_session__new(input_old, O_RDONLY, force);
-	session[1] = perf_session__new(input_new, O_RDONLY, force);
+	session[0] = perf_session__new(input_old, O_RDONLY, force, false);
+	session[1] = perf_session__new(input_new, O_RDONLY, force, false);
 	if (session[0] == NULL || session[1] == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;