diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index a13641e..2563f07 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -359,8 +359,6 @@
 	} else if (inject->sched_stat) {
 		struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 
-		inject->tool.ordered_events = true;
-
 		evlist__for_each(session->evlist, evsel) {
 			const char *name = perf_evsel__name(evsel);
 
@@ -379,7 +377,7 @@
 	if (!file_out->is_pipe)
 		lseek(fd, session->header.data_offset, SEEK_SET);
 
-	ret = perf_session__process_events(session, &inject->tool);
+	ret = perf_session__process_events(session);
 
 	if (!file_out->is_pipe) {
 		if (inject->build_ids)
@@ -458,6 +456,8 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	inject.tool.ordered_events = inject.sched_stat;
+
 	file.path = inject.input_name;
 	inject.session = perf_session__new(&file, true, &inject.tool);
 	if (inject.session == NULL)