diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 8e50d8d..72eae74 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -401,8 +401,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-extern volatile int session_done;
-
 static void sig_handler(int sig __maybe_unused)
 {
 	session_done = 1;
@@ -568,6 +566,9 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (session_done())
+		return 0;
+
 	if (nr_samples == 0) {
 		ui__error("The %s file has no samples!\n", session->filename);
 		return 0;