diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index afb0849..cb2959a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -877,9 +877,12 @@
 		struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 		off_t tmp;
 
-		if (perf_header__getbuffer64(header, fd, &f_attr, sizeof(f_attr)))
+		if (readn(fd, &f_attr, sizeof(f_attr)) <= 0)
 			goto out_errno;
 
+		if (header->needs_swap)
+			perf_event__attr_swap(&f_attr.attr);
+
 		tmp = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
 		evsel = perf_evsel__new(&f_attr.attr, i);