diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index ff0188c..72c7b0d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -451,6 +451,11 @@
 	struct list_head	list;
 };
 
+enum oe_flush {
+	OE_FLUSH__FINAL,
+	OE_FLUSH__ROUND,
+};
+
 static void perf_session_free_sample_buffers(struct perf_session *session)
 {
 	struct ordered_events *oe = &session->ordered_events;
@@ -564,8 +569,8 @@
 				      struct perf_tool *tool,
 				      u64 file_offset);
 
-static int ordered_events__flush(struct perf_session *s,
-				 struct perf_tool *tool)
+static int __ordered_events__flush(struct perf_session *s,
+				   struct perf_tool *tool)
 {
 	struct ordered_events *oe = &s->ordered_events;
 	struct list_head *head = &oe->events;
@@ -615,6 +620,32 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ordered_events__flush(struct perf_session *s, struct perf_tool *tool,
+				 enum oe_flush how)
+{
+	struct ordered_events *oe = &s->ordered_events;
+	int err;
+
+	switch (how) {
+	case OE_FLUSH__FINAL:
+		oe->next_flush = ULLONG_MAX;
+		break;
+
+	case OE_FLUSH__ROUND:
+	default:
+		break;
+	};
+
+	err = __ordered_events__flush(s, tool);
+
+	if (!err) {
+		if (how == OE_FLUSH__ROUND)
+			oe->next_flush = oe->max_timestamp;
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 /*
  * When perf record finishes a pass on every buffers, it records this pseudo
  * event.
@@ -658,11 +689,7 @@
 				  union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
 				  struct perf_session *session)
 {
-	int ret = ordered_events__flush(session, tool);
-	if (!ret)
-		session->ordered_events.next_flush = session->ordered_events.max_timestamp;
-
-	return ret;
+	return ordered_events__flush(session, tool, OE_FLUSH__ROUND);
 }
 
 int perf_session_queue_event(struct perf_session *s, union perf_event *event,
@@ -1247,8 +1274,7 @@
 		goto more;
 done:
 	/* do the final flush for ordered samples */
-	session->ordered_events.next_flush = ULLONG_MAX;
-	err = ordered_events__flush(session, tool);
+	err = ordered_events__flush(session, tool, OE_FLUSH__FINAL);
 out_err:
 	free(buf);
 	perf_session__warn_about_errors(session, tool);
@@ -1393,8 +1419,7 @@
 
 out:
 	/* do the final flush for ordered samples */
-	session->ordered_events.next_flush = ULLONG_MAX;
-	err = ordered_events__flush(session, tool);
+	err = ordered_events__flush(session, tool, OE_FLUSH__FINAL);
 out_err:
 	ui_progress__finish();
 	perf_session__warn_about_errors(session, tool);