diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 024e144..b34de92 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 static u64			user_interval			= ULLONG_MAX;
 static u64			default_interval		=      0;
+static u64			sample_type;
 
 static int			nr_cpus				=      0;
 static unsigned int		page_size;
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@
 }
 
 static int process_synthesized_event(event_t *event,
+				     struct sample_data *sample __used,
 				     struct perf_session *self __used)
 {
 	write_output(event, event->header.size);
@@ -287,6 +289,9 @@
 		attr->sample_type	|= PERF_SAMPLE_CPU;
 	}
 
+	if (!sample_type)
+		sample_type = attr->sample_type;
+
 	attr->mmap		= track;
 	attr->comm		= track;
 	attr->inherit		= !no_inherit;
@@ -642,6 +647,8 @@
 			open_counters(cpumap[i]);
 	}
 
+	perf_session__set_sample_type(session, sample_type);
+
 	if (pipe_output) {
 		err = perf_header__write_pipe(output);
 		if (err < 0)